pay up

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pay up

verb pays up · paying up · paid up

ambitransitive To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time. At Whitsunday and Martinmas I will have enough to pay up the incumbrance of £3000 due to old Moss's daughter.
Similar: pay off, discharge

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@misc{pay_up_2026,
  title = {pay up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pay%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}