prepaid
Settled before delivery
Prepaid describes something paid for in advance of use or delivery.
A prepaid phone comes with minutes already purchased.
Prepaid postage means the sender has covered shipping costs.
The term appears on everything from gift cards to funeral plans—anywhere payment precedes the service or product.
Adding to restore fullness
- rechargeRestore electrical capacity
- airtimeScheduled transmission period
- SIMPhone identity module
- minutesSixty-second intervals
data · balance · voucher · pay-as-you-go · reload · credit · roaming · carrier
Payment for instruction
- postageFee for mailing
- funeralService honoring the dead
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
- membershipState of belonging
rent · deposit · escrow · booking · reservation · layaway · installment · coupon
Energy from charged particles
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- waterClear essential liquid
- meterDevice that measures usage
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
utility · keypad · units · vending · rationing · consumption · disconnect · municipal
Prepaid retail certificate
- reloadableCapable of being restocked
- cashlessNot using physical money
- retailSales to end users
- giftItem given freely
Fixed periodic payment
top-up
Adding to restore fullness
minutes · data · balance · voucher · pay-as-you-go · reload · credit · roaming · carrier · network
tuition
Payment for instruction
- postageFee for mailing
- funeralService honoring the dead
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
membership · rent · deposit · escrow · booking · reservation · layaway · installment · coupon
electricity
Energy from charged particles
token · utility · keypad · units · vending · rationing · consumption · disconnect · municipal · load-shedding
giftcard
Prepaid retail certificate
- reloadableCapable of being restocked
- cashlessNot using physical money
- retailSales to end users
gift · redemption · plastic
allowance
Fixed periodic payment
toll
Fee for passage
contactless · tap · metro · parking · highway · refillable · autoload · RFID · transport
- phone servicesvoicemail, caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, call blocking
- transactionspayment, purchase, deposit, transfer, money transfer
- phone ratescall rates, phone bill, long distance, local rates, roaming charges
- prepaid phone termsairtime, credit, minutes, texts, balance
- service modelssubscription, freemium, pay-per-use, pay per use, on-demand
- car rentalcar rental, rental car, car hire, rental period, pickup
prepaidpostpaid
Paid before mailing
pay-as-you-go · cash on delivery · COD · pay later · buy now pay later
- prepaid cardPayment method funded in advance
- prepaid phonePhone with pre-purchased minutes
- prepaid planService purchased before usage
- prepaid postageMailing cost covered beforehand
- prepaid serviceUsage bought in advance
- prepaid SIMAdvance-paid cellular chip