AEG had paid Mr. Jackson $20 million in advances ahead of the planned concert series, according to people familiar with the matter.
据知情人士透露，在演唱会开始前，AEG已经向杰克逊支付了2,000万美元预付款。Still, he achieved huge publicity (and got to pocket 25, 000 francs of the advance), and the idea took on a life of its own.
不过，他获得了巨大的知名度（还拿到了两万五千法郎的预付款），而且该创意本身被赋予了生命。however, this was just a taste, or down payment, of the ultimate fulfillment.
然而，这只是终极应验的预尝或预付款。The BLA has received many complaints about prepaid services when customers did not get their money back after the company closed.
北京律师协会已经接到很多关于预付款消费的投诉，最终结果都是公司倒闭消费者未能拿回预付款。Microsoft did not have to give Yahoo! an upfront payment to make it happen, as many Yahoo! investors had hoped.
微软没有许多的雅虎投资者所预期的那样，为达成合作提供给雅虎预付款。His employer put up money to have him admitted -- Chinese hospitals generally demand an advance -- but this was the end of their goodwill.
他的老板出钱让他住进了医院（中国的医院通常要求预付款），但他们的善心就到此为止了。It's our usual practice to ask for an advance payment; otherwise we'll have money trouble in running the order.
我们的惯例都是要求要预付款，否则我们在运行合同上会有财政困难。Advances cannot be so conveniently and quickly turned into cash as most of a bank's other assets.
预付款和银行的其他资产不一样，不能够那么方便、那么迅速地变现。After a few sessions that she paid for up front, she asked him to pay his share.
几次之后，她支付预付款，叫他支付他的那一部分。