prepayment

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prepayment

  • /ˌpɹiːˈpeɪ.mənt/

noun prepayments · pre-payment

  1. A payment in advance.
  2. A cost paid in a fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the cost is recognized

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noun payment in advance

日本語元払い motobarai
中文預付 /预付 yùfù, 先付 xiānfù
Françaisprépaiement
DeutschVorauszahlung
Italianoanticipo
Ελληνικάπροκαταβολή prokatavolí, προπληρωμή propliromí
Русскийпредопла́та predopláta, ава́нс aváns

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@misc{prepayment_2026,
  title = {prepayment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prepayment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}