DEFINITION of 'Prepayment'. The satisfaction of a debt or installment payment before its official due date. A prepayment can be for the entire balance or for any upcoming payment that is paid in advance of the date for which the borrower is contractually obligated to pay it.Examples of a prepayment come in the form of rent or early loan repayments.Next Up.EFINITION of 'Prepayment'. The satisfaction of a debt or installment payment before its official due date. A prepayment can be for the entire balance or for any upcoming payment that is paid in advance of the date for which the borrower is contractually obligated to pay it.
For most babies, umbilical cord prolapse doesnât cause problems. But if your babyâs not getting oxygen because the cord is pinched, it can cause stillbirth unless your babyâs born right away. Stillbirth is when a baby dies in the womb after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Sinkkonen reviewed other studies of the umbilicus and essentially connected some dots. He notes that the umbilical cord is critical during pregnancy, and suggests that many problems can be reflected in scar tissue, which is essentially what's left behind as a belly button. I suggest that umbilicus is a fitness signal, Sinkkonen told LiveScience in an email. I may be wrong.