pony up
verbDefinition of pony up
: to pay (money) especially in settlement of an account
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Synonyms & Antonyms for pony up
Synonyms
ante (up), balance, clear, discharge, foot, liquidate, meet, pay, pay off, pay up, quit, recompense, settle, spring (for), stand
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If Verizon refuses to pony up, surely one of its competitors will. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Throttling the 5G Internet," 25 Sep. 2018 In a change in attitude from China’s leadership, ministries and local governments are ponying up funds to support private firms. — Chao Deng, WSJ, "China’s Private-Sector Woes Spur Leaders Into Action," 19 Nov. 2018 Last year, a man had to pony up almost $100,000 after getting way too drunk and physically assaulting a cabin crew member on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to New York, which also had to return to its base in Honolulu. — Sebastian Modak, Condé Nast Traveler, "Drunk Airline Passengers in the U.K. Could Face $100,000 Fines," 27 July 2018 And nonfinancial corporations, with debt equal to 160% of GDP, aren’t in a great position to pony up more. — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, "China’s Tax Whodunit Is Far From Over," 5 Oct. 2018 In a very 2018 twist, this reunion just might depend on Netflix or Amazon ponying up for the rights. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Will Friends Be the Next 90s Sitcom to Get a Reboot?," 1 Aug. 2018 The county paid $500,000 at the start of the year, and will pony up about $700,000 this month. — Ben Brasch, ajc, "Bankruptcy means wake-up call for field of dreams at Cobb-Bartow line," 14 June 2018 And working out a deal so far in advance of the trade deadline could mean ponying up a bigger haul in young talent to convince the Orioles to move, and the Mariners don’t have a terribly deep farm system right now. Rethinking their inclusion here. — Ted Berg, For The Win, "7 teams that could realistically pull off a trade for Manny Machado," 23 May 2018 Clearly ponying up a quarter of a billion dollars to run this year's team back was going to be a bridge too far. — Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, "Free agency has altered the Western Conference, but not enough to seriously threaten the Warriors," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pony up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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