pay ahead

I simply took a check to the store and paid ahead of time.

All-inclusive means you pay ahead of time for your rooms, food and beverages.

He's paid ahead until the end of June.

Prices will be paid ahead of time online.

You really have to think about the kind of volume Apple demands and the fact that Apple usually pays ahead just to keep up with demand.

He had two meals where he washed dishes, and his room rent was paid ahead; though often he did not use his room.

An unsecured claim that is entitled to be paid ahead of other unsecured claims that are not entitled to priority status.

Pan American World Airways' cash position was strengthened yesterday by United Airlines, which paid ahead of time for assets that it had bought, making $20 million available.

There are ODIOUS DEBTS that, as the Greeks are now learning, that must be paid ahead of anyything else.

The securities are convertible to shares of the issuer's stock, yet holders of the securities receive fixed interest payments and are paid ahead of regular shareholders if a company goes bankrupt.

Considering that banks are paid ahead of stockholders in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the market value of the bank debt bodes poorly for Xerox shareholders, according to traders in the loan market.

Special Creditor Status The rise in arrears is considered unusual because the fund holds preferred-creditor status, which means it must be paid ahead of other lenders to the third world except for the World Bank.

"Today's decision sends a positive signal to the financial markets that the tough financial measures Mexico has taken are succeeding and the American taxpayer is being paid ahead of schedule," Mr. Clinton said in a statement issued in Washington.

The bonds are sliced into different layers of risk and many investors typically accept lower returns in exchange for guarantees that they will be paid ahead of people in the lower-quality portions of the securities if borrowers default on mortgages.

The service allows customers to order and pay ahead over the Internet or through a mobile phone, so that they can "Skip the Line" at quick-serve restaurants (QSR's) and casual-dining restaurants (CDR's) across the United States.

He wrestles with the question of how many posts are enough, since he's a one-man operation and his advertisers have paid ahead of time, and then there are also those obligations to The Hill, where he writes a low-paying weekly column, and The Washington Monthly, another underpaid gig that harks back to his hungrier days.