词汇 | pre-payment |
释义 | pre-payment noun[ C or U ] (alsoprepayment)ukus COMMERCE the act of paying for something before you receive it, or the amount of the payment: Send your order with pre-payment by cheque. FINANCE the act of paying back all or part of a debt before you have to: People didn't discover the prepayment penalties until they tried to refinance their loans. Examples of pre-paymentpre-payment 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bottom line is that they will get their gas more cheaply than those on pre-payment meters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Charges for pre-payment meter customers are generally higher than those for direct debit and standard credit customers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While not strictly supported by law, that would provide a reasonable solution for that type of pre-payment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of prescriptions for which no charge was made at the point of dispensing includes items dispensed on presentation of pre-payment certificates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prescriptions dispensed on presentation of pre-payment certificates are not separately identified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in 1993–94 28,840,000 prescripton items exempt from charges were dispensed— excluding those where a pre-payment certificate was involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This excludes prescriptions dispensed to people who purchased pre-payment certificates and prescriptions dispensed by doctors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, some 5 per cent, of all prescriptions dispensed are covered by pre-payment certificates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am concerned that pre-payment meter users should also be able to benefit fully from the introduction of competition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that not only pre-payment meters but also a coupon scheme are available by which payment can be made weekly for consumption. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are having more difficulty under this new system than under the old system of pre-payment meters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, people with pre-payment meters are paying a higher tariff for their gas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pre-payment These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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