up-front

A form of upfront — Honest, frank and straightforward.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of upfront.

    Leaked documents from TfL poured cold water over the prospect of driverless trains. They concluded there was no financial case because because of the very high up-front infrastructure costs.

    2020 November 4, Philip Haigh, “Cracks and divisions over funding for public transport”, in Rail, pages 54–55
adverb
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of upfront.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
honestopen-handedplainsimple
Cite this entry
APA

up-front. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-front

MLA

“up-front.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-front. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up-front,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-front.

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