| 单词 | pre-payment |
| 释义 | pre-payment noun[CorU] (alsoprepayment)ukusCOMMERCE theactofpayingfor something before youreceiveit, or theamountof thepayment: Sendyourorderwith pre-payment bycheque. FINANCE theactofpayingback all orpartof adebtbefore you have to: People didn'tdiscovertheprepaymentpenaltiesuntil theytriedto refinancetheirloans. Examplesofpre-paymentpre-payment Others offered insurance-basedpre-payment'provident' arrangements to those on higher incomes, a development which coincided with the growth in private pay-beds. From theCambridge English Corpus He is, as he knows, entitled to have his medals replaced onpre-paymentof £56.95, the cost of the medals and postage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The bottom line is that they will get their gas more cheaply than those onpre-paymentmeters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Charges forpre-paymentmeter 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 While not strictly supported by law, that would provide a reasonable solution for that type ofpre-payment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of prescriptions for which no charge was made at the point of dispensing includes items dispensed on presentation ofpre-paymentcertificates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Prescriptions dispensed on presentation ofpre-paymentcertificates are not separately identified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 onpre-paymentsystems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in 1993–94 28,840,000 prescripton items exempt from charges were dispensed— excluding those where apre-paymentcertificate was involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This excludes prescriptions dispensed to people who purchasedpre-paymentcertificates and prescriptions dispensed by doctors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, some 5 per cent, of all prescriptions dispensed are covered bypre-paymentcertificates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am concerned thatpre-paymentmeter 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that not onlypre-paymentmeters 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are having more difficulty under this new system than under the old system ofpre-paymentmeters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, people withpre-paymentmeters are paying a higher tariff for their gas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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