prepay
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Back in recessionary 2009, sales plunged as fewer people were willing to prepay for years of vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
If you think there would be funds left after she dies, then you can do things like prepay for her funeral and give gifts to family members.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
The agreement, unveiled earlier this month, allows Meta to prepay for nuclear energy that will power its data centers in the region.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
The speed at which mortgages prepay, including through refinancing, is important to investors in mortgage loans and the bonds that pool them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In England, they also enclose a stamp to prepay the answer.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton
“It’s a new story for them, and it is very simple to understand: Producing assets, no debt, no royalties, no prepays, no hedges, executing well, optionality, strong balance sheet,” Bond said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Peter Holt prepays $66 for two checked bags on his Avianca flight from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Mexico City.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
In its latest promotion, AT&T is offering up to two Roku Premiere boxes for any new DirecTV Now, AT&T Unlimited Choice, or Unlimited Plus customer that prepays for two months of service.
From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2017
Is he at Ronda?' and prepays the reply.
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason
So she prepaid for a shipping label and drove to a parcel-shipping center to drop it off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
She found the property on Google and was making payments by getting prepaid debit cards and transferring the code by phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
He said Blake used a prepaid phone card to call McLarty but was careless enough to do it from his home landline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, prepaid trends were mixed as gross additions rose sharply, but net adds fell and churn jumped to 5.01%, which points to higher turnover in lower-value segments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Once, I used the prepaid cell phone we had bought in a market in Pátzcuaro and called my parents, even though the phone was supposed to be reserved for emergencies only.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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“Be sure to outline specifics pertaining to burial or cremation and any desired music, readings or religious elements. Consider prepaying or prearranging funeral or memorial services.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Or would you be better off paying down your credit-card balance, prepaying your mortgage or doing some of each?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
"For prepaying customers, when the money on the meter runs out and there's no means of topping up, so does the energy," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
Budget-conscious attendees who are less concerned about being downtown likely booked their rooms during the early bird sale, which usually involves prepaying for the stay in full.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Primarily intended for prepaying the rate on transient newspapers, this value was supposed to be employed only in that way, though its use had never been so restricted.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes