prepaying

present participle of prepay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepaying
Verb
  • The higher costs include facility maintenance, labor contracts, employee pensions and paying off existing debt.
    Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • Lockheed Martin said these investments are already paying off.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The former Chick-fil-A employee in Grapevine, Texas, has been arrested for allegedly ringing up hundreds of orders of Mac & Cheese and refunding the money to his own accounts, according to a news release shared with PEOPLE by the Grapevine Police Department.
    Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Jones was seen in the video using the register to ring up 800 orders of mac and cheese trays, then refunding them to his personal credit cards.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That speed and ease of use made the app popular for splitting restaurant bills, reimbursing friends, and handling other everyday transactions.
    Colin Dodds, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026
  • That same year, the Justice Department gave a $10 million grant to the state for reimbursing the response.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • The Redevelopment Commission on Thursday authorized paying up to $35,000 to buy a partial parcel to extend the road being created in front of Portage Mall south beyond the Stone Quarry and possibly as far south as Central Avenue.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • With stock indexes now holding more semiconductors than ever, perhaps this month's whipsaw has investors paying up for hedges.
    Oliver Renick, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • In other words, as much as 8% of the district’s budget gets spent on repaying debt.
    Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Others, such as Langley, scoffed at the idea of repaying NCDOT.
    Nicholas Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Instead, the audit found, the state was remitting fee revenue to the general fund and using more than half the money for purposes unrelated to the board.
    Phoebe Quinton, AJC.com, 15 June 2026
  • Instead of remitting those taxes to the IRS, prosecutors alleged Kapoor diverted over $2 million from company accounts for his personal benefit.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
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“Prepaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepaying. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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