prepaying

present participle of prepay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepaying
Verb
  • Shares jumped that session as Wall Street saw that BlackRock’s pursuit of growth outside of its lower-cost stock and bond funds was paying off.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • All the hard work ended up paying off as Handy pulled off his wedding-day duties with ease.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Above all, there should be a system for refunding seat assignment fees when airlines switch planes.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe Aer Lingus got confused when refunding your ticket.
    Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Agencies are playing their part, like the National Healthcare Security Administration, which laid out ways for reimbursing brain implant surgeries through its state insurance fund.
    Gina Chon, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The complaint alleges that Starbucks violated the law by not reimbursing employees who needed to buy new clothes to comply with the dress code.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Microsoft says one group, Octo Tempest, used Teams to taunt victims and pressure them into paying up, showing how personal these attacks can get.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The president had previously been adamant about Harvard paying up, as a few other schools have done, to end federal actions against it.
    Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • City officials warn that shutting down the streetcar could require repaying $48 million in federal funds and jeopardize future transit funding.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That harm might range from never repaying loans to stealing their spouse’s and children’s identities to access more credit.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Prepaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepaying. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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