Meaning of pay up | Babel Free

Definitions

To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.

ambitransitive

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Examples

“At Whitsunday and Martinmas I will have⟳ enough to pay⟳ up the incumbrance of £3000 due to old Moss's daughter.”

“"Suppose⟳ we sell⟳ off all the horses, and sell⟳ one of your farms, and pay⟳ up square?"”

“We could pay⟳ up the mortgage on the house, and have⟳ something left over.”

“The Citizen gained eighteen subscribers; four old ones paid up their accounts.”

“[T]he decision pushes Simpson's potential financial obligation to a whopping $33.5 million[…]and left Simpson lawyers swearing that there was no way their client could ever pay⟳ up.”

“According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand⟳ extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay⟳ up rather than face⟳ the costs of a legal battle.”

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