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What (who) is up-front - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Up-front; Upfront (disambiguation); Up front (band); Up front; Up Front (1980s band); Up Front (band); Up-Front; Up Front (disambiguation); Upfront
up-front
see up front
up front
adv. up front with ('candid with')
up front
also up-front; upfront
1.
If you are up front about something, you act openly or publicly so that people know what you are doing or what you believe. (INFORMAL)
You can't help being biased so you may as well be up front about it...
They tended to have a much more up-front attitude.
= open
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If a payment is made up front, it is made in advance and openly, so that the person being paid can see that the money is there.
For the first time the government's actually put some money up front...
Some companies charge a fee up front, but we don't think that's right.
ADV: ADV after v
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Up front is also an adjective.
The eleven percent loan has no up-front costs.
...up-front charges.
ADJ: ADJ n
Examples of use of up-front
1. Bad planning would be an up–front product sale, the investor pays the up–front commissions, there is minimal follow–up and zero on–going servicing.
2. They haven‘t provided notice up front about who will participate.
3. Most costs were incurred up–front by contractors.
4. "We‘ve fought elections on up–front, unfunded tax cuts.
5. McCLELLAN:В But I just want to clarify that up front.