paid-up
[peyd-uhp]
- paid in full, as of the present or of a specified date: a paid-up membership.
Origin of paid-up
First recorded in 1870–75
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Examples from the Web for paid-up
Contemporary Examples
From being a paid-up member of the Drinkers Guild of America?
Up to a Point: I Do My Own Taxes With No Help, Except From a Couple of Bloody MarysP. J. O’Rourke
April 15, 2014
Mostly such Tories were not big, paid-up Thatcherites, but they did enjoy that era very much.
Historical Examples
I understand all about paid-up capitals, you know,' said Jonas.
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
The Bank could not be opened until it had at least 250,000 paid-up shares.
The Jewish StateTheodor Herzl
Entrance fee, $3 to paid-up members, $5 to all other persons.
Pistol and Revolver ShootingA. L. A. Himmelwright
Formerly railroads were paid for from the proceeds of paid-up capital.
Monopolies and the PeopleD. C. Cloud
The amount of paid-up capital required has been under £7000.
Sober by Act of ParliamentFred A. McKenzie
paid-up
- having paid the due, full, or required fee to be a member of an organization, club, political party, etc
- denoting a security in which all the instalments have been paid; fully paida paid-up share
- denoting all the money that a company has received from its shareholdersthe paid-up capital
- denoting an endowment assurance policy on which the payment of premiums has stopped and the surrender value has been used to purchase a new single-premium policy
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