We prepay the post office by putting a stamp on a letter before sending it.
He prepaid the shipping charges to make sure the package would arrive on time.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pre-pay — Ⅰ. pre pay UK US (also prepay) adjective [before noun] ► UK COMMUNICATIONS relating to a mobile phone service that you pay for before making calls, rather than receiving an invoice for them later: »Even the most basic pre pay phone will enable… … Financial and business terms
pre-pay — ˌpre ˈpay 7 [pre pay] adjective (BrE) = ↑prepaid • pre pay phones … Useful english dictionary
pre-pay — [ˈpri: peı] adj [only before noun] pre pay ↑mobile phone systems make you pay before you use the service, rather than sending you a demand for money after you have been using it … Dictionary of contemporary English
pre|pay´ment — pre|pay «pree PAY», transitive verb, paid, pay|ing. 1. to pay in advance: »We prepay the post office by putting a stamp on a letter before sending it. 2. to pay for in advance: »He prepaid the shipping charges to make sure the package would… … Useful english dictionary
pre|pay´a|ble — pre|pay «pree PAY», transitive verb, paid, pay|ing. 1. to pay in advance: »We prepay the post office by putting a stamp on a letter before sending it. 2. to pay for in advance: »He prepaid the shipping charges to make sure the package would… … Useful english dictionary
pre·pay — … Useful english dictionary
pre — pre·abdomen; pre·acanthella; pre·adamitism; pre·adapt; pre·adaptation; pre·adaptive; pre·admission; pre·adolescence; pre·adult; pre·agonal; pre·am·bu·lar; pre·am·bu·late; pre·amp; pre·amplifier; pre·animism; pre·apprehension; pre·arrange;… … English syllables
pre- — prefix 1 a: earlier than: prior to: before pre marital pre judgment b: preparatory or prerequisite to pre hearing 2: in advance: beforehan … Law dictionary
pay — ag·li·pay·an·ism; cu·pay; cu·ru·pay; dé·pay·sé; im·pay·able; pa·pay·o·tin; pay; pay·abil·i·ty; pay·able; pay·able·ness; pay·ably; pay·ee; pay·er; pay·ment; pay·nim; pay·nim·ry; pay·o·la; pay·sage; pay·sa·gist; pay·sanne; pay·ye·tan; pre·pay;… … English syllables
pay-as-you-go — noun a) A financial policy by which capital projects are financed from current revenue in the operating budget rather than through borrowing. b) a payment method where credit is purchased in advance, used in small amounts and topped up when… … Wiktionary
