Is there a specific word for me?

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0 If A has to pay a sum for something, but for whatever reason he is unable to make the payment at the material time, and B pays for A instead and gets refunded later by A, here comes my query, is there a specific word to describe the act of B here? 02br02br00another example may be in legal actions, in our country when u file a case with the court you shall PAY the court costs upfront though if you win the case later, the court costs shall eventually be borne by the opponent.  02br02br00i found the word ADVANCE and PREPAY for this idea, but i/m looking for a most suitable one. 0-

Miche · Accepted Answer

0 Hi, Vincent. 02br
00To me the two examples call for different words. 02br
00The first thing that came to my mind while reading your first sentence was "to buy something 01b00on credit02b00. Do you think it fits? 02br
00As for the second sentence, "upfront payment/payment in advance/advance payment" seems OK to me. 0-

Vincent Ding · Answer

0Hi, Miche, first thank u for ur confirmtn of win the bid05002br
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00for the subject query, i presume u missed somthing of the context. suppose A and B are friends or B is the agent of A as is often the case in commercial activites, what would you arrive at? I guess it's not on credit this time. 010id1

Mister Micawber · Answer

0I'm not quite sure what you're looking for either, Vincent-- 'B pays 01b00on behalf of A02b00? 0-

Vincent Ding · Answer

0ok. this is really hard to explain. but we do have such a specific word in chinese as what we say daidian or dianfu05000 when i say that, i mean i will pay out the money for you for the time being but in the meanwhile i'm thinking of being repaid later by you. since my work has much to do with laws, i'd like to give another example like this:02br
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00suppose A as a lawyer accepts entrustment of B to act as B's attorney to handle a suit. A called B to inform: "to file the case you are supposed to pay USD10000 as the court costs" B replies that"sorry i'm travelling on business in south africa, i cannot remit out the money before the dealine" then A may probably say"ok I'll daidian for you, and you can pay me back when you come back from the travel" 02br
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00hope it works this time! 010id1

Pieanne · Answer

0 "vouch"?  (in a barely audible voice) 0-

Mister Micawber · Answer

0I don't think we have that precise verb, Vincent. I still like 02br
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00'OK, I'll 01b00pay on your behalf02b00, and you can pay me back when you come back from the trip' 02br
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00or 02br
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00'OK, I'll 01b00pay02b00 for you, and you can pay me back when you come back from the trip' 02br
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00or maybe 02br
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00'OK, I'll 01b00cover (it) / take care of it02b00 for you, and you can pay me back when you come back from the trip' 02br
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00These are just general English, though, not legalese. 0-

Khoff · Answer

0 Could you be looking for the word "agent"? 0-

Vincent Ding · Answer

0 Hi, Mister. you should be right for i consulted a Chinese-English dictionary which tells that dianfu (in chinese) is "pay for sb and expect to be repaid later" 02br
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00it's a pity that English abundant in vacalbulary missed such a counterpart to chinese. 0-

Mister Micawber · Answer

0Well, nobody's perfect, Vincent! 0-

MrPedantic · Answer

0 Not 'loan'? 02br
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00MrP 0-

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