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prefinance

prefinance verb: to finance in advance.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To 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

Forms of prefinance

third-person singular presentprefinances
present participleprefinancing
past participleprefinanced
pastprefinanced

Origin of prefinance

From pre- + finance.

Questions about prefinance

What does prefinance mean?
Prefinance means to finance in advance.
What part of speech is prefinance?
Prefinance is a verb.
What is the past tense of prefinance?
The past tense of prefinance is prefinanced.

Words near prefinance in the dictionary

  1. prefinal
  2. prefinalist
  3. prefinalists
  4. prefinalization
  5. prefinals
  6. prefinance
  7. prefinanced
  8. prefinances
  9. prefinancial
  10. prefinancing
  11. prefinancings

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