Prefinance
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To finance in advance. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From pre- + finance.
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