Pay+beforehand
1pay beforehand was never well served — 1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 39 He that paieth afore hand, hath neuer his worke well done. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 278 Pay beforehand was never well serv’d. It is common to see..Labourers, to go about a piece of Work with great Uneasiness …
2pay — noun see pay beforehand was never well served no cure, no pay verb see he that cannot pay, let him pray if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys crime doesn’t pay they that dance must pay the fiddler …
3beforehand — see pay beforehand was never well served …
4Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
5payment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of paying Nouns 1. payment, defrayment; discharge, remission; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement, restitution, repayment, reimbursement;… …
6advance — I. v. a. 1. Push, send, or set forward or onward, propel, bring forward, move toward the front. 2. Promote, aggrandize, exalt, elevate, dignify, raise to preferment, raise to higher rank. 3. Forward, further, promote, improve, strengthen, benefit …
7prepay — pre•pay [[t]priˈpeɪ[/t]] v. t. paid, pay•ing to pay beforehand or before due • Etymology: 1830–40 pre•pay′a•ble, adj. pre•pay′ment, n …
8Cafeteria — This page is about the food service location. For other uses, see Cafeteria (disambiguation) A hospital cafeteria in Punta Gorda, Florida …
9prepay — prepayable, adj. prepayment, n. /pree pay /, v.t., prepaid, prepaying. to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan. [1830 40; PRE + PAY1] * * * …
10prepay — /ˌpriˈpeɪ/ (say .pree pay) verb (t) (prepaid, prepaying) 1. to pay beforehand. 2. to pay the charge upon in advance. –prepayable, adjective –prepayment, noun …
