Usually means: Settle or fulfill a debt.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pay up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pay up: Merriam-Webster
  3. pay up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pay up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pay up: Vocabulary.com
  6. pay-up: Wordnik
  7. pay up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pay up: Wiktionary
  9. pay up: Dictionary.com
  10. Pay Up (horse): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. pay up: Rhymezone
  12. pay up: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pay up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. pay up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Pay-up: bizterms.net
  3. pay up: Legal dictionary
  4. Pay-up: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pay up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pay Up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pay up)

▸ verb:  (intransitive and transitive) To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.

Similar:
ante up, pay, pay back, pay off, present, settle, settle one's account, commute, impend, satisfy, more...

Opposite:
default, owe, debt, unpaid, delinquent

Types:
cash, check, credit card, debit card, money order, paypal, more...

Phrases:
willingness to pay up, has to pay up, more...

Adjectives:
consolidate, content, pay, saving, fine, discount, budget, collect, superannuable, w/o, tithe

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Similar:
ante up, pay, pay back, pay off, present, settle, settle one's account, commute, impend, satisfy, more...

Opposite:
default, owe, debt, unpaid, delinquent

Types:
cash, check, credit card, debit card, money order, paypal, more...

Phrases:
willingness to pay up, has to pay up, more...

Adjectives:
consolidate, content, pay, saving, fine, discount, budget, collect, superannuable, w/o, tithe



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