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Meaning of stump up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To pay for something, often with reluctance.

British, informal

Equivalents

Čeština navalit

Examples

“Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, but I paid for the coffees afterwards.”
“Not least because last⟳ spring⟳, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that HM Treasury's new northern base⟳ would be in Darlington. If that doesn't encourage⟳ the Treasury to stump up cash to upgrade the town's station, then I fear nothing will.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

stumped stumped it stumped out stumped up stumpedst stumpest

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