prepayment

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ payment

Noun

prepayment (plural prepayments)

A payment in advance.
(accounting) An asset recognized in respect an expense incurred in a period for which the benefit will be received in a future period.

Translations

payment in advance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 預付 (zh), 预付 (zh) (yùfù), 先付 (zh) (xiānfù)
Finnish: ennakkomaksu (fi), ennakko (fi)
French: prépaiement (fr) m
German: Vorauszahlung f
Greek: προκαταβολή (el) f (prokatavolí), προπληρωμή (el) f (propliromí)

Irish: réamhíocaíocht f, íocaíocht roimh ré f
Japanese: 元払い (もとばらい, motobarai)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forhåndsbetaling m or f
Polish: przedpłata f
Russian: предопла́та (ru) f (predopláta), ава́нс (ru) m (aváns)

Further reading

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