prepay
Remit in advance
To prepay is to pay for something before receiving it or before payment is due: prepaid postage, a prepaid phone plan.
The practice is common with services, subscriptions, and shipping costs.
Prepayment may secure a discount or guarantee availability.
Paid recurring access
- membershipState of belonging
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- mortgageSecured home loan
rent · deposit · retainer · reservation · installment · downpayment · layaway · enrollment
Place for safekeeping
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- retainerUpfront professional fee
- installmentPeriodic partial payment
- advanceMove or progress forward
escrow · earnest · voucher · preorder · prebook · reserve · lock-in · ante
Place for safekeeping
- collateralSecurity for debt
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- protectionGuarding against harm
surety · bond · escrow · pledge · safeguard · warranty · backing · retainer
Direct and honest
- advanceMove or progress forward
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- allocationDistribution of shares
- savingsAccumulated money kept
cashflow · expenses · affordability · costs · expenditure · income · balance · money
Without difficulty or annoyance
- time-savingReducing required duration
- expediteSpeed up a process
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- efficiencyProductive without waste
ease · simplicity · readiness · immediacy · quick-service · self-service
Estimating future conditions
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
subscription
Paid recurring access
- membershipState of belonging
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
mortgage · rent · deposit · retainer · reservation · installment · downpayment · layaway · enrollment · booking
deposit
Place for safekeeping
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- retainerUpfront professional fee
- installmentPeriodic partial payment
advance · escrow · earnest · voucher · preorder · prebook · reserve · lock-in · ante · credit
deposit
Place for safekeeping
- collateralSecurity for debt
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
protection · surety · bond · escrow · pledge · safeguard · warranty · backing · retainer · earnest
upfront
Direct and honest
- advanceMove or progress forward
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- allocationDistribution of shares
savings · cashflow · expenses · affordability · costs · expenditure · income · balance · money · capital
hassle-free
Without difficulty or annoyance
- time-savingReducing required duration
- expediteSpeed up a process
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
efficiency · ease · simplicity · readiness · immediacy · quick-service · self-service
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- preparationArranging things in advance
- schedulingAssigning times to events
arrangement · provisioning · forward-thinking · proactive · ahead-of-time
- car rentalcar rental, rental car, car hire, rental period, pickup
- booking actionsreserve, book, confirm, cancel, reschedule
- gas stationsgas pump, fuel pumps, fuel pump, petrol pumps, petrol pump
- Hotel Bookinghotel, reservation, confirmation, check in, vacancy
- Redundanciestautology, pleonasm, redundancy, redundant phrase, added bonus
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
prepaypostpay
Billed after usage
pay later · deferred payment · COD · cash on delivery · settle up
- prepaid cardPayment method funded in advance
- prepayment planEarly settlement schedule
- prepaid phonePhone with pre-purchased minutes
- prepaid planService purchased before usage
- prepaid postageMailing cost covered beforehand
- prepaid serviceUsage bought in advance
prepaid, prepayment, prepaying, prepayments, prepays, prepayable