PREPAY Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

prepay

verb

Definition of prepay

as in to pay up

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Relevance

Dissimilar Words

stiff

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Recent Examples of prepay Customers paying with cash can still prepay for their fuel inside. — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Customers paying with cash can still prepay for fuel inside the store. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Apr. 2026 Cash customers can still prepay inside the store. — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026 Most recently, Congress passed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, which got rid of a requirement for USPS to prepay future retiree health benefits and canceled about $57 billion in past-due prefunding payments. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prepay

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Verb

Courtesy of SolComms But for SolComms, the risks of loosening office requirements for a month seem to have paid off.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Lago says the city’s extra payments are part of a strategy to pay off debt faster and have more money available in the future.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of pay off

Verb

In addition to security safeguards, Shield promises to reimburse up to $100,000 for regular users, and up to $500,000 for its highest class of VIP users, in the event of a third-party takeover.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Caldwell, now 46, says the process for reimbursing foster parents gave them little incentive to help children succeed.

— Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of reimburse

Verb

Parents say the coach did attempt to refund some parents $200.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
One-day tickets for Friday and 33 percent of 3-day tickets purchased directly through Front Gate Tickets will be automatically refunded in less than 30 days to the original method of payment.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of refund

Verb

The county’s options for the facility range from holding Discovery Place in default and taking over the nature museum to accepting Discovery Place’s terms and giving the organization decades to repay the debt, staff said.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
The tax is expected to raise about $22 million a year, and property owners would pay an average of roughly $59 annually for every $100,000 of assessed value to repay the bonds.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of repay

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