How to spell prepay

Prepay is spelled P-R-E-P-A-Y.

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What it means: To pay in advance.

In a sentence: We need to prepay for our zoo tickets before we go.

Same family: prepaid, prepaying, repay, payment, payable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Prepay” is formed from the Latin-based prefix “pre-,” meaning “before,” and the verb “pay,” which came into English from Old French. It has been used in business and banking language since the early 20th century to describe paying for goods or services in advance.

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