Meaning of paid-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fully paid (for).
2. Full-fledged, wholehearted.
   figuratively
3. Of an insurance policy, still in force but with the policyholder no longer paying any premiums (typically resulting in a reduced sum assured).

Examples

“a paid-up member of the organization”

“A local Chrysler dealer had 68 paid-up back orders for cars.”

“Among Wall Street economists, Mr. Roach has not been a paid-up member of the alarmist camp.”

“Makoni […] had a reputation as a technocrat who tended toward moderation and pragmatism, but one who was also a fully paid-up member of the Mugabe machine.”

“While [Alister] McGrath is a paid-up believer of a familiar type⟳—albeit with an unusual hinterland in biophysics and Marxism—the others really aren't.”

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