pony up

verb

ponied up; ponying up; ponies up

transitive verb

: to pay (money) especially in settlement of an account

Examples of pony up in a Sentence

despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house
Recent Examples on the Web If the seller won’t pony up, buyers’ are less inclined to visit the property, Johnson said, limiting the number of bids that a home will receive and reducing the chance of getting the highest price. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2024 Despite some pleas from Trump apologists who still pony up cash to the organizations operating under the Koch umbrella, the leadership remains unbending in their decision to stay out of the presidential race altogether. Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024 Parretti and Fiorini then proceeded to pony up $1.3 billion to buy MGM from U.S. financier Kirk Kerkorian, with backing from French bank Credit Lyonnais. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024 Both leagues are telling their viewers to pony up more money or miss out. Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pony up 

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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of pony up was in 1824

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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pony%20up. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.

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