0 the act of paying for something before you receive it, or the amount of the payment:
1 the act of paying back all or part of a debt before you have to:
Others offered insurance-based pre-payment 'provident' arrangements to those on higher incomes, a development which coincided with the growth in private pay-beds.
He is, as he knows, entitled to have his medals replaced on pre-payment of £56.95, the cost of the medals and postage.
The bottom line is that they will get their gas more cheaply than those on pre-payment meters.
Charges for pre-payment meter customers are generally higher than those for direct debit and standard credit customers.
While not strictly supported by law, that would provide a reasonable solution for that type of pre-payment.
The number of prescriptions for which no charge was made at the point of dispensing includes items dispensed on presentation of pre-payment certificates.
Prescriptions dispensed on presentation of pre-payment certificates are not separately identified.
For example, citizens advice bureaux have already said that low-income users of gas are required to put down higher deposits or rely on pre-payment systems.
