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View definitions for up front

up front

adjective as in straightforward

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Another provision allows businesses to expense research and development spending up-front.

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"We're often not being told up-front basic information such as who owns the practice, the price of commonly used services, and we're not often given estimates of the likely price of treatment costing hundreds, even thousands of pounds."

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“This was likely driven by the up-front administrative changes needed to implement the demonstration, the delayed start date for enrollment, and any duplication in administrative spending due to the delay.”

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Pedro Neto showed last season that he is capable of filling in on an emergency basis, with Palmer and George both having played as up-front in the past.

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The 80-year-old is on a fixed income and wants to build an ADU to rent out to a long-term tenant, but she’s worried she won’t be able to afford the up-front costs of surveys, permits and fees.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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