The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
Prolepsis.
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil