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

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
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Cumberland Farms has been fighting this punishment, arguing that the store did not intend to sell the product and its point-of-sale system would have prevented the product from being rung up and sold. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025 Apple iPad Air 13-Inch M2 Apple iPad Air 13-Inch M2 Save 17% on this Apple iPad Air and ring up at under $500 at Amazon’s Cyber Monday sale. Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024 Save 26% on the Apple iPad (10th Generation) and ring up for an insanely low price. Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024 Ole Miss rolled up a whopping 706 yards, and rang up three fourth-quarter touchdowns. Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ring up 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ring up was in 1900

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“Ring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20up. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

ring up

verb
: to add up and record on a cash register
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