prepaying
Settling bills beforehand
Prepaying is paying for something before it's due or before receiving the goods or service.
You might prepay rent, prepay postage, or prepay a loan to reduce interest.
We prepaid the hotel to lock in the lower rate.
The practice often secures a discount or guarantees availability.
Place for safekeeping
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- advanceMove or progress forward
- retainerUpfront professional fee
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
escrow · reservation · binder · pledge · guarantee · promise · assurance · contract
Security for debt
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- bondBinding tie or connection
- protectionGuarding against harm
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
insurance · escrow · warranty · indemnity · surety · hedging · assurance · backstop
Distribution of shares
- expensesMoney spent on things
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- cashflowNet money movement
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
savings · balance · capital · expenditure · affordability · costs · accounting · planning
Permitted passage or approval
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
payoff · remittance · completion · closure · reconciliation · amortization · redemption
deposit
Place for safekeeping
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- advanceMove or progress forward
- retainerUpfront professional fee
earnest · escrow · reservation · binder · pledge · guarantee · promise · assurance · contract · obligation
collateral
Security for debt
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- bondBinding tie or connection
- protectionGuarding against harm
safeguard · insurance · escrow · warranty · indemnity · surety · hedging · assurance · backstop · shielding
allocation
Distribution of shares
forecast · savings · balance · capital · expenditure · affordability · costs · accounting · planning · provisioning
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
liquidation · payoff · remittance · completion · closure · reconciliation · amortization · redemption
- Gas station activitiespumping gas, filling up, swiping card, premium gas, regular gas
- refueling actionspumping gas, filling up, topping off, charging, recharging
prepayingCOD
Payment at doorstep
deferred payment · invoicing · buy now pay later · financing · cash on delivery
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