"predetermined" meaning in English

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          "text": "When you shoot an animal in Mozambique, as in many African countries, you must pay a predetermined sum. Stones offers the menu on his website: impalas ($600) and warthogs ($700) are the bargain basement. He could arrange for you to shoot a crocodile or even a hippopotamus, if you so wish, for a mere $5,800. A leopard – currently classed as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature − will set you back $11,650. A lion? $25,000. Lions, Stones noted drily, are “not something you dish out like doughnuts”.",
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        "Determined in advance."
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          "sense": "determined in advance",
          "word": "foredetermined"
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          "sense": "determined in advance",
          "word": "preplanned"
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        {
          "sense": "determined in advance",
          "word": "preidentified"
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          "sense": "determined in advance",
          "word": "fixed"
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          "sense": "determined in advance",
          "word": "designated"
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        {
          "sense": "determined in advance",
          "word": "predesignated"
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