up front
Example Sentences
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Your favorite store might offer enticing up-front benefits to hook you.
From MarketWatch
Andrew had taken on a 75-year lease of Royal Lodge in 2003, paying over £8.5m up-front to cover renovation costs and paying in advance to remove any requirement for rent, based on a notional rent of £260,000 per year.
From BBC
In specific cases, venues should still be able to generate secure, up-front revenue that can be re-invested - such as through seat licences.
From BBC
Deutsche Bank analyst Benjamin Black expressed similar sentiments in a note last week, writing that Meta’s large up-front AI investment has boosted the company’s advertising revenue growth, which is in turn allowing it to lean into foundational AI-model training — something that could unlock new opportunities outside of its existing ad business.
From MarketWatch
Users who pay the up-front cost of a Life360 pet-tracking device are also less likely to drop the subscription due to sunk-cost psychology, the analysts add.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
