pay up

verb

Definition of pay upnext
as in to pay
to give what is owed for for once our bills are all paid up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay up
  1. pay
  2. pay off
  3. meet
Verb
  • In that government post paying almost $70,000 a year, Jamal acted as a liaison with the Somali community.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Last month, Democracy Docket surpassed 500,000 free email subscribers, the company first told Semafor, including 70,000 subscribers paying $10 a month or $120 per year.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of pay
Verb
  • Courtesy of SolComms But for SolComms, the risks of loosening office requirements for a month seem to have paid off.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Lago says the city’s extra payments are part of a strategy to pay off debt faster and have more money available in the future.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of pay off
Verb
  • Sheffield then met Tamboran’s CEO at the time, Alabama native Joel Riddle.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The couple met when Anson attended one of McCollum’s parties in 1978.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of meet
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“Pay up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20up. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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