as in to pay
to give what is owed for
despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house
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Recent Examples of pony up
The original threat of shares being bought back for just one cent is still on the table, but only if the deal’s lead investor fails to pony up $100 million as promised.
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Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
And then [Shinola] ponies up some extra money for that.
—William Earl, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
If the seller won’t pony up, buyers’ are less inclined to visit the property, Johnson said, limiting the number of bids that a home will receive and reducing the chance of getting the highest price.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2024
Despite some pleas from Trump apologists who still pony up cash to the organizations operating under the Koch umbrella, the leadership remains unbending in their decision to stay out of the presidential race altogether.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
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Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
And then [Shinola] ponies up some extra money for that.
—William Earl, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
If the seller won’t pony up, buyers’ are less inclined to visit the property, Johnson said, limiting the number of bids that a home will receive and reducing the chance of getting the highest price.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2024
Despite some pleas from Trump apologists who still pony up cash to the organizations operating under the Koch umbrella, the leadership remains unbending in their decision to stay out of the presidential race altogether.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
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The developers agreed to pay him another $50,000 later, the indictment said.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The company has settled a legal proceeding related to a lease agreement, agreeing to pay $100,000 in rent and $13,953 in nonrefundable rent deposit.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Switching parties for Neil might not pay off, as Hamilton County has grown increasingly Democratic.Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
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Things Amazon Has Gotten Right Infrastructure investments are paying off Amazon has spent years doing a lot of heavy lifting: building out both cloud and e-commerce infrastructure.Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The number is increasing and the resources are insufficient to meet the demand.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Just up the road, where open land meets the neighborhood’s northern periphery, Jason Swann was also packing up — and waiting.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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