prepayment

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Recent Examples of prepayment The owner doesn’t have to pay the prepayment penalty that is very common in commercial real estate. Diana Olick, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepayment
Noun
  • The college’s spokesperson has not clarified what the repayment terms will be.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Whenever a local government offers a bond for sale, the three major credit-rating agencies—Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch—assess the government’s likelihood of repayment.
    Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Without federal reimbursement, Wisconsin officials say the state will soon be unable to pay retailers for FoodShare purchases.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Pretty sure there never was any proof of reimbursement.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The district did just that last year at this time, after learning its state aid would be reduced because of a previous overpayment caused by the district's accounting errors.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In March 2022, auditors at Century Casino in Cripple Creek found an $1,800 overpayment on an electronic roulette game and traced it to Min through video surveillance.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Prepayment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepayment. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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