prequalify
verbEtymology From pre- + qualify.
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Ambitransitive To qualify or be qualified in advance.
- Applicants receive debt and mortgage counseling, and are prequalified for mortgages.2009 January 18, Marcelle S. Fischler, “A Windfall for (Some) Buyers”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- prequalification, prequalifier