Payment in advance
An accounting term for money paid for goods or services not yet received and where the cash normally cannot be recovered. Examples are rates and rents paid for a period ending after the date to which the accounts are made up. Date to which the accounts are made up. With debtors in balance sheets.
Reference: The Penguin Business Dictionary , 3rd edt.
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