to prepay
- verb
- /priːˈpeɪ/
- Saving money is why people prepay for several days' worth of rides on the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace.
- have prepaid
The last thing I bought is I prepaid for two years of a gym membership.
- The last thing I bought is I prepaid for two years of a gym membership.
- It's an it's analogous or I can choose to prepay a mortgage early and that's like exercising an option.
- Which means you're basically prepaying from your Starbucks credit card to buy Starbucks from within the app, all right?
- We're going to prepaid, we're going to pre sell this content or this space you for two months, but we really need you to prepay.
Examples
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Simply prepay for a set number of articles from AIP journals and pay as little as $3 per article.
Academic text (2004) -
I'm headed to the Pilates class that you prepaid for but keep missing.
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I would like to prepay ten sessions in advance.
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Did you prepay for the gasoline?
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I had a guest who checked out early but prepaid for one more night.
Blog text (19) -
Oh, you have to prepay for all the snacks and beverages.
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The last thing I bought is I prepaid for two years of a gym membership.
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Today more than ever, people are choosing to pre-plan or prepay for their own funeral arrangements.
Blog text (4) -
As soon as my contract is up, I'm ditching my smartphone and getting a prepaid Nokia.
Blog text (23) -
I decided to prepay for my vacation package to save money.
Synonyms
To pay someone money before they earn it
To pay money in advance as a required deposit or guarantee
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Etymology
Prepay begins with pre- meaning 'before' and ends with pay, so to prepay is to 'pay before' you receive something or get a service.