How to Use prepay in a Sentence

prepay

verb
  • Special orders must be prepaid.
  • There is a $65 rental fee and guests are asked to prepay for their meals.
    Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Don’t pay cash and don’t prepay or make a large deposit.
    Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020
  • At the Cherry Hill tax office, the big question was how much to prepay.
    Geoff Mulvihill, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2017
  • As part of the deal, Dish will get Sprint’s prepaid Boost Mobile customers.
    Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Jeong finally gave up and asked Martin, who had prepaid for the pants, to come back the next day.
    Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • People can prepay and reserve their spot for any hour of play.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2022
  • Note that Mash & Grape requires you to prepay for your shipments.
    Kate Dingwall, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • Players can prepay and reserve their spot for any round time that day.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
  • An Adani spokesperson said the conglomerate had been in talks with the banks to refinance part of the loan but the group plans to prepay it.
    Suvashree Ghosh, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • All payments have to be prepaid with a debit, credit, or gift card.
    Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • Both options can be prepaid three, six, or 12 months in advance, which saves you up to 5 percent.
    Alicia Geigel, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2023
  • They must be ordered prepaid at a cost of $300 and will be delivered to your home or business.
    Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Those who preorder and prepay receive discounts, and customers pick up from a dozen drop-off spots around the Twin Cities.
    Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • The suspect walked the victim through the process of buying $3,000 worth of Green Dot MoneyPak prepaid debit cards and had her read the numbers from the cards over the phone.
    Stephen English, star-telegram, 7 May 2018
  • Noblesville Schools will not be accepting cash in the lunch line, so parents will have to prepay for the food online or in the school office.
    Anne Snabes, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2020
  • But some shoppers are prepaying and driving to the farm, then waiting safely in their car with the trunk popped open, while the food is dispatched.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Guests who are booked to sail with the line can prepay their gratuities online before April 1 at the current price, Lupoli said.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The receipts are put there by customers who prepay for food and tack them to the wall, leaving them on offer for anyone who is hungry.
    Washington Post, 3 May 2021
  • Orders are placed and prepaid online for pick up at location of choice.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Adults get in free and may prepay for their entrees ($11) when purchasing tickets via Eventbrite.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Entrance on Fort Dearborn Drive - $45 prepaid, $40 drive up.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In New York, some residents stood in long lines to prepay their taxes to temporarily keep the change at bay.
    Bloomberg.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • There are anecdotal reports of cases in which the lessee has been required to prepay an entire year’s rent.
    WSJ, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Eighteen of Utah 27 counties do not prepay postage for ballots, meaning voters are asked to pay 55 cents for their own stamps.
    Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
  • One question likely to come up in future meetings: the idea of prepaying postage for ballots.
    Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Helms tries to prepay for funeral arrangements while his charges are still alive.
    al, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Tickets will be digital and fans are urged to prepay parking.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Consumers who want to lock in a favorable exchange rate can prepay for their bookings.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 July 2022
  • Savers can spend hundreds, not thousands of dollars initially, to prepay just one credit hour.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024

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