also up-front; upfront
1.
If you are ~ 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 ~ about it...
They tended to have a much more up-front attitude.
= open
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If a payment is made ~, 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 ~...
Some companies charge a fee ~, 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