Word Meanings - PREPAYMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Payment in advance.

ADVANCE
supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante before. The spelling 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. 2. To raise; to elevate. They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak. 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres
ADVANCED
1. In the van or front. 2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers. 3. Far on in life or time. A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne.
PAYMENT
1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon. 2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise;
ADVANCER
1. One who advances; a promoter. 2. A second branch of a buck's antler. Howell.
ADVANCEMENT
Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution. 4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. Bacon. (more info) 1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance;
REPAYMENT
1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor. 2. The money or other thing repaid.
NONPAYMENT
Neglect or failure to pay.
DISADVANCE
To draw back, or cause to draw back. Spenser.
READVANCE
To advance again.
PREPAYMENT
Payment in advance.