prepayment; freight prepaid
Used in shipping, postal, and logistics contexts to indicate that the sender pays the charges in advance, as opposed to 着払い (collect on delivery).
Please send this package with freight prepaid.
Would you like it sent prepaid or collect on delivery?
Standard spelling.
Irregular okurigana usage; less common.
Compound of 元 (もと, 'origin, source') and 払い (ばらい, 'payment'), literally 'payment at the source'.