先払い

Reading

Kana: さきばらい

Romaji: sakibarai

Definitions

noun

vs

1

payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment

See also: 前払い

2

payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls)

See also: 着払い (reading ちゃくばらい)

noun

3

forerunner

Kanji

先

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

払

Readings: フツ、 ヒツ、 ホツ、 はら.う、 -はら.い、 -ばら.い

Meanings: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of

Example Sentence

私(わたし)は先払(さきばら)いする。

➥I pay the money in advance.