prepayment
前払い
解説 Definition
商品やサービスの代金を事前に支払うこと。後払いではなく、商品受け取り前にお金を支払う方法。
Prepayment means paying for something before you receive it or before the service happens. It is common in business, travel, bills, and subscriptions. The word often suggests an advance payment that is required or arranged earlier.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pre- は preview, predict, prepare などでおなじみの「前もって」。payment は pay の名詞形なので、prepayment は parts をそのまま足して「前もってする支払い」と取ると覚えやすいです。ホテル予約、家賃、保険料、サブスク年額のように、利用や受け取りより先にお金を入れる場面を思い浮かべると定着します。動詞 prepay、形容詞 prepaid とセットで見ると整理しやすく、反対は postpayment や pay later の感覚です。
Use the prefix first: `pre-` means before. Then connect it with `payment`, so `prepayment` is simply a payment made before you receive the service or product. Think of hotel bookings, insurance, rent, or yearly subscriptions. It is also useful to connect it with `prepay` and `prepaid`.
例文
The airline requires prepayment for ticket reservations.
航空会社はチケット予約に前払いを要求します。
Many online retailers offer discounts for prepayment.
多くのオンライン小売業者は前払いに割引を提供しています。
Some businesses require prepayment to ensure customer commitment.
多くの企業は顧客のコミットメントを確保するために前払いを要求しています。
prepayment の類義語・関連語
prepayment の語源・成り立ち Etymology
prepaymentは接頭辞pre-「前もって」とpaymentから成り、payはラテン語pacare「静める・清算する」に由来します。repayやpaymentも同根で、まだ受け取る前に先に清算しておくことが前払いだと分かります。
Prepayment is made from pre-, meaning "before," and payment. Pay ultimately comes from Latin pacare, meaning "to make peace" or "settle," and later developed the sense of settling a debt. So prepayment is the act of settling the amount in advance; related words include repay and payment.
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