prepayment

Example Sentences

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Customers with a prepayment gas meter will see their typical costs reduce by around £79.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

In 2015, the company opted to wait closer to maturity for almost a year because it didn’t want to pay a roughly $70 million prepayment penalty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

There also would have to be lenders willing to make them and capable of managing a more complex set of default, interest-rate, duration and prepayment risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Anyone on a prepayment meter who can't afford to top up can ask for a fuel voucher from their energy provider, or through their council.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

They are to be cancelled in the customary way after being attached to mail matter, are never to be sold or received by Postmasters for prepayment of postage.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr