PAYS UP Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

pays up

verb

Definition of pays up next

present tense third-person singular of pay up

as in pays

to give what is owed for for once our bills are all paid up

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Recent Examples of pays up The SoonerSafe Rebate Program pays up to 75% of the cost of a new safe room, up to $3,000. —

Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 6 Mar. 2026 Norton, his interest piqued, pays up to discover there is more like it at Ox Lake, 600 miles farther north in the open tundra known as the Barren Grounds. —

Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2026 In the most severe cases, the state pays up to $86,000 annually for a person’s home care, Reiskin said. —

Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pays up

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Inspired by Portugal’s traditional and contemporary flavors, Baleia also pays respect to the country’s seamen—generations of fishers, sailors and whalers—who traveled the globe and returned with culinary influence, especially from North Africa, China and the Caribbean.

— Jillian Dara, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The city has fallen back on multiple tax measures to draw more money, though spending cuts have also alleviated — for now — yearly deficits in the General Purpose Fund budget, which pays for most salaries and daily operations.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 June 2026