prepurchasing
Ordering before availability
Prepurchasing is buying something before it becomes generally available or before you actually need it.
Video game companies offer prepurchasing to let customers pay in advance for titles not yet released: I prepurchased the game to get the bonus content.
The term also applies to buying supplies or materials ahead of anticipated demand or price increases.
Distribution of shares
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- expensesMoney spent on things
- costsAmounts required to pay
affordability · estimation · pricing · financial · money · expenditure · capital · resources
Buy before availability
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- queueOrdered waiting line
- waitlistRoster of pending hopefuls
- holdMaintain in grasp
slot · allocation · confirmation · secured · ticket · spot · arrangement · exclusive
Place for safekeeping
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- advanceMove or progress forward
- pledgeBinding promise given
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
earnest · retainer · binder · lock-in · contract · obligation · promise · escrow
Buy before availability
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
craving · impatience · desire · yearning · longing · hopeful · enthusiasm · curiosity
Systematic fact-finding effort
- comparisonAssessment of similarities
- timelineOrdered display of events
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- requirementsNecessary conditions for something
checklist · prioritization · scheduling · logistics · evaluation · assessment · feasibility · objectives
allocation
Distribution of shares
costs · affordability · estimation · pricing · financial · money · expenditure · capital · resources · valuation
preorder
Buy before availability
hold · slot · allocation · confirmation · secured · ticket · spot · arrangement · exclusive · presale
deposit
Place for safekeeping
- downpaymentInitial payment toward purchase
- advanceMove or progress forward
- pledgeBinding promise given
guarantee · earnest · retainer · binder · lock-in · contract · obligation · promise · escrow · security
preorder
Buy before availability
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
expectation · craving · impatience · desire · yearning · longing · hopeful · enthusiasm · curiosity · foretaste
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- comparisonAssessment of similarities
- timelineOrdered display of events
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
requirements · checklist · prioritization · scheduling · logistics · evaluation · assessment · feasibility · objectives · scope
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