prepaying

verb

present participle of prepay
as in paying off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepaying
  1. paying off
  2. refunding
  3. reimbursing
  4. paying up
  5. repaying
  6. remitting
Verb
  • Innovating is paying off Recent clinical trial results are stoking excitement that novel drugs in the works could tackle some of the toughest problems in medicine.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The latest round of corporate earnings are being closely watched to help get a better sense of whether those investments are paying off, or might pay off.
    — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of paying off
Verb
  • The officers are seen having a conversation with Nevada's parents and told them that the youth sports league would get in contact with them about refunding their money in a week or two.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Money put into the fund will also not count towards a state spending limit created in the 1970s that requires the Legislature take certain actions — including refunding taxpayers — if the California’s budget surpasses a certain spending limit.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of refunding
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  • Caldwell, now 46, says the process for reimbursing foster parents gave them little incentive to help children succeed.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • There is no standard formula for reimbursing ALFs that care for people with mental illness.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of reimbursing
Verb
  • Soak up the beauty of the Sunshine State without paying up for a beachfront address.
    — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Liverpool are not paying up to £30million for the goalkeeper Brughmans is today.
    — Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of paying up
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  • The state is currently repaying about $80 billion in bonds from the state General Fund, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • At that rate, repaying 10,000 euros would take nearly 15 years.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of repaying
Verb
  • Those problems mostly stayed behind-the-scenes until the very public delays issuing property tax bills and remitting money to local governments.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In many cases, after years of not remitting money owed to ASCAP, the company sued the business owners and took them to court.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of remitting
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“Prepaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepaying. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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