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- [pey uhp]
- /peɪ ʌp/
- /peɪ ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pey uhp]
- /peɪ ʌp/
Definitions of pay up words
- verb with object pay up to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill. 1
- verb with object pay up to give over (a certain amount of money) in exchange for something: He paid twenty dollars for the shirt. 1
- verb with object pay up to transfer money as compensation or recompense for work done or services rendered; to satisfy the claims of (a person, organization, etc.), as by giving money due: He paid me for my work. 1
- verb with object pay up to defray (cost or expense). 1
- verb with object pay up to give compensation for. 1
- verb with object pay up to yield a recompense or return to; be profitable to: Your training will pay you well in the future. 1
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Origin of pay up
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English payen < Old French paier < Medieval Latin pācāre to satisfy, settle (a debt), Latin: to pacify (by force of arms). See peace
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Parts of speech for Pay up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pay up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pay up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pay up
verb pay up
- ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- compensate — To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.