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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  1. pay
  2. pay off
  3. meet
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  • There is a price to be paid for that much larger sensor though—the GFX100RF is larger and heavier than any of the X100 cameras.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Cutting-edge visual effects create a world of talking photorealistic animals that might as well be a nature documentary, and attention is paid to livening up the humor, with Billy Eichner’s funny, overdramatic meerkat Timon showing up everybody, including Beyoncé. 9.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of pay
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  • Asking for insights not only gives you valuable advice but also builds goodwill— creating a cycle of support that can pay off later in your career.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • In a perfect world, or at least a better world, the Heat simply would be using this year’s draft to pay off the longstanding debt of the first-round pick owed to the Oklahoma City Thunder, one, interestingly, first sent out in the 2019 trade to acquire Butler.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of pay off
Verb
  • San Diego college basketball teams are meeting the moment and making history.
    — Kate Murphy, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, despite its importance, the world's largest copper mines in regions like Chile, Peru and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are struggling to meet demand amid a global shortage, all while grappling with escalating environmental concerns.
    — Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Mar. 2025
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