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upfront
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ You need to be upfront with Val about your past. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It was a literary weekly with an upfront section modelled on the New Yorker. ▪ Payment's upfront , but then delivery's fast. ▪ So there is ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 honest, frank and straightforward 2 In a forward, leading or frontward position. 3 (context of money English) paid in advance adv. 1 beforehand 2 (context football English) As an attacker alt. 1 honest, frank and straightforward 2 In a forward, leading ...
Wikipedia
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Upfront is the eighth solo album of John Miles released in 1993. It was his first album in eight years, because he was involved in several projects like an album with Jimmy Page , an album with Joe Cocker , singing several tracks on albums of the Alan Parsons ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. frank and honest; "he was upfront about his intentions"
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1932, up front "in the front," from up + front (n.). Meaning "honest, open" is from 1970; that of "paid in advance" is from 1967.
Usage examples of upfront.
Including trials and everything, that translates into an upfront cost of maybe three hundred to four hundred million dollars, sometimes more.
We would finance all the work, pay them an upfront earnest and then load by load in agreed increments.
I had to share quarters with a wild animal, better the upfront ferocity of a dog than the power and stealth of a cat.
The Englishwoman, Clare, seemed upfront about the house they were borrowing.
I apologize for not telling you the whole story upfront, but we wanted to protect his privacy as much as possible.
How could customers be induced to pay the much greater upfront costs of the new, higher-quality technology?
Instead, Intel insists on making upfront agreements that govern its access to technologies that emerge out of university research that Intel funds.
Disney for a considerable amount of upfront money, but no film was made.