prepay

See also: pre-pay

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

English pay

English prepay

From pre- + pay.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

prepay (third-person singular simple present prepays, present participle prepaying, simple past and past participle prepaid)

1. To pay in advance, or beforehand

   to prepay postage

   to prepay phone credit

Synonyms

• forepay

Derived terms

• prepayer

Translations

to pay in advance

• Bulgarian: предплащам (bg) (predplaštam)
• Esperanto: afranki, antaŭpagi
• Finnish: maksaa ennakkoon
• French: prépayer (fr)
• Greek: προπληρώνω (el) (propliróno)
• Hungarian: előre fizet (hu), előre kifizet, (cf. frank) bérmentesít (hu)

References

• “prepay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• papery, yapper