Definition of pay up
: to pay what is due
: to pay in full
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for once our bills are all paid up
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The organization accepts anonymous tips and pays up to $3,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
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In November, the Birmingham City Council approved entering into an agreement with U.S. Steel to pay up to $4.6 million for some site work to prepare 40 acres south of Barber Motorsports Park for the industrial park.
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If convicted, Richardson could face up to 60 years in prison and pay up to $1.5 million in fines.
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Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, claimed Daniels violated the NDA and could pay up to $20 million in damages.
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The service lets members see a movie in the theater every day for $9.95 a month for existing subscribers or $105.35 a year, paid up front, for new ones.
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Net neutrality is a principle that says no Internet traffic should get special treatment, and Internet service providers can’t block or degrade certain traffic because the website or service pumping it out isn’t willing to pay up for prioritization.
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Investors were willing to pay up even as equity markets — and especially technology stocks — took a tumble Thursday, sending the Nasdaq 100 Index on its steepest decline in six weeks.
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Some, expectedly, have been aghast at the scope of basketball’s underbelly, arguing that payments to high-schoolers harm those players while creating a competitive imbalance between schools that can afford to pay up and ones that can’t.
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First Known Use of pay up
15th century
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