How to Use prepay in a Sentence

prepay

verb
  • Special orders must be prepaid.
  • Or, maybe those costs are prepaid, too.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There is a $65 rental fee and guests are asked to prepay for their meals.
    — Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2020
  • People can prepay and reserve their spot for any hour of play.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2022
  • Players can prepay and reserve their spot for any round time that day.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
  • So very few buyers will be willing to prepay.
    — Francisco J. Monaldi, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Cash customers can still prepay inside the store.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026
  • All payments have to be prepaid with a debit, credit, or gift card.
    — Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • At Ikea, customers could prepay for items in the app and speed through checkout.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Orders are placed and prepaid online for pick up at location of choice.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Those who pay with cash can still prepay inside stores prior to fueling.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Note that Mash & Grape requires you to prepay for your shipments.
    — Kate Dingwall, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • 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
  • Customers paying with cash can still prepay for fuel inside the store.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The hotel rates must be fully prepaid and are non-refundable.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2024
  • 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
  • Consumers who want to lock in a favorable exchange rate can prepay for their bookings.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 July 2022
  • Saks is prepaying for goods, lacking credit.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Travelers who have already paid or prepay before that date will get the current rate.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
  • At the Cherry Hill tax office, the big question was how much to prepay.
    — Geoff Mulvihill, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2017
  • All plans are prepaid and include equipment, with no contracts or data limits.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Service is prepaid, with taxes and fees included in the monthly rate.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • There are anecdotal reports of cases in which the lessee has been required to prepay an entire year’s rent.
    — WSJ, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Cruisers can usually prepay them before sailing, which helps to avoid a surprise at the end of the trip.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • 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 paying with cash can still prepay inside before fueling.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • The company also used some of those funds to prepay its pension contributions for the next two years.
    — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020

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