"prepayment" meaning in All languages combined

See prepayment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-prepayment.wav Forms: prepayments [plural], pre-payment [alternative]
Etymology: From pre- + payment. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|payment}} pre- + payment Head templates: {{en-noun}} prepayment (plural prepayments)
  1. A payment in advance. Translations (payment in advance): 預付 /预付 (yùfù) (Chinese Mandarin), 先付 (xiānfù) (Chinese Mandarin), ennakkomaksu (Finnish), ennakko (Finnish), prépaiement [masculine] (French), Vorauszahlung [feminine] (German), προκαταβολή (prokatavolí) [feminine] (Greek), προπληρωμή (propliromí) [feminine] (Greek), réamhíocaíocht [feminine] (Irish), íocaíocht roimh ré [feminine] (Irish), anticipo (Italian), 元払い (motobarai) (alt: もとばらい) (Japanese), forhåndsbetaling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przedpłata [feminine] (Polish), предопла́та (predopláta) [feminine] (Russian), ава́нс (aváns) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prepayment-en-noun-jOQHLcNP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'payment in advance': 92 8
  2. (accounting) A cost paid in a fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the cost is recognized Translations (A cost paid in a fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the cost is recognized): ennakkomaksu (english: if the cost is recognized as an asset) (Finnish), siirtosaaminen (english: if the cost is recognized as an expense) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-prepayment-en-noun-oVY1e4WP Categories (other): Accounting, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'A cost paid in a fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the cost is recognized': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonprepayment, prepayment penalty

Inflected forms

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