prepay

See also: pre-pay

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ pay.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

prepay (third-person singular simple present prepays, present participle prepaying, simple past and past participle prepaid)

1. To pay in advance, or beforehand

   to prepay postage

   to prepay phone credit

Synonyms

• forepay

Derived terms

• prepayer

Translations

to pay in advance

Bulgarian: предплащам (bg) (predplaštam) Esperanto: afranki, antaŭpagi Finnish: maksaa ennakkoon French: prépayer (fr) Greek: προπληρώνω (el) (propliróno) Hungarian: előre fizet (hu), előre kifizet, (cf. frank) bérmentesít (hu)

References

• “prepay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• papery, yapper