ring up

verb

rang up; rung up; ringing up; rings up

transitive verb

1

: to total and record especially by means of a cash register

ring up a sale

2

: achieve

rang up many social triumphs

Synonyms of ring up

• achieve
• win
• attain
• gain
• make

Examples of ring up in a Sentence

our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match

touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term

Recent Examples on the Web

There was the friend who bought the wine, the person who made the fake ID, the clerk who may or may not have looked at the forgery before ringing up the sale. —Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026

Global Imax screens grossed $5.2M with North America ringing up $2M, as Lionsgate gained them back. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 May 2026

Up front, their daughter Kaylin brings it all together, decorating, greeting customers, and ringing up orders. —Jamiel Robinson, CBS News, 1 May 2026

Retailers would have to raise all their .98 or .99 prices to .00 on their price tags or risk angering cash-paying consumers by ringing up a slightly higher price at the register. —Alison J. Stein, thehustle.co, 1 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ring up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

ring up

verb

: to add up and record on a cash register