prefinance

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verb

To finance in advance.

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Meanings

verbprefinance (third-person singular simple present prefinances, present participle prefinancing, simple past and past participle prefinanced)

present singular third person prefinances · participle present prefinancing · participle past prefinanced · past prefinanced

  1. transitiveTo finance in advance.

    It is expected to operate as a business, turning a profit and so on, and yet it is still subject to Congressional oversight and all sorts of legal constraints, like that ridiculous health benefit prefinancing for future employees, which was part of a big 2006 postal reorganization bill.

    2009 August 8, Joe Nocera, “It’s Time to Stay the Courier”, in New York Times

Origin

From pre- + finance.

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APA

prefinance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefinance

MLA

“prefinance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefinance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefinance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefinance.

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