noun
Meaning 1
A payment in advance.
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noun
A payment in advance.
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noun
A cost paid in a fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the cost is recognized
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: accounting, business, finance
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noun
payment in advance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: payment, defrayal, defrayment
History
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 payment English prepayment From pre- + payment.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.