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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

pago anticipado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈpa.ɣo an.ti.siˈpa.ðo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Advance payment/ədˈvæns ˈpeɪ.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El hotel requiere un pago anticipado para garantizar la reserva."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sum of money paid before a good or service is received or supplied.

    "The contractor requires an advance payment of thirty percent before starting the renovation work."
  2. 2

    Money paid ahead of schedule, such as a portion of a salary or royalty given prior to its regular due date.

    "The author received a substantial advance payment upon signing the book contract."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'advancen' (meaning to move forward, from Old French 'avancer' and Late Latin 'abante') combined with 'payment' (from Old French 'paiement'). Historically established in commercial and legal contexts during the late medieval period to denote funds given prior to the receipt of goods or services.

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