forepay
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forepay
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From fore- + pay.
verb forepays · forepaying · forepaid
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To pay beforehand or in advance.
The express charges were forepaid, and the box iron-bound. This last was a good precaution, for otherwise the box had gone to pieces long before reaching this point.
Similar: prepay
noun
- Payment made in advance.
Talk about this word "forepay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/forepay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. forepay. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/forepay "forepay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/forepay.
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@misc{forepay_2026,
title = {forepay},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forepay},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
