Collocation
pay in advance
to pay before you receive a product, service, or before an event happens
Definition
'pay in advance' is a common English collocation. to pay before you receive a product, service, or before an event happens
pay + in advance
“You have to pay in advance to reserve the room.”
Examples
- We paid in advance for the tickets to avoid the long line.
- The studio requires clients to pay in advance for the first lesson.
- If you pay in advance, the monthly fee is slightly cheaper.
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- I do not want to pay in advance unless there is a clear refund policy.
- They asked us to pay in advance because the materials are custom-made.
- She had already paid in advance, so the invoice showed a zero balance.
- Customers are not required to pay in advance, but it speeds up shipping.
- Before we signed the contract, the supplier insisted that we pay in advance.
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