paid-up

American  

[peyd-uhp] / ˈpeɪdˈʌp /

adjective

1. paid in full, as of the present or of a specified date.

   a paid-up membership.

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paid-up British  

adjective

1. having paid the due, full, or required fee to be a member of an organization, club, political party, etc

2. denoting a security in which all the instalments have been paid; fully paid

   a paid-up share

3. denoting all the money that a company has received from its shareholders

   the paid-up capital

4. 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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Etymology

Origin of paid-up

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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paid-up

That won’t worry Wood much, she’s a paid-up member of the Musk fan club and his vision of the future.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Meghan Daum is a fully paid-up member of the real-talk brigade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

"That's his right. But as a paid-up member of the commentators and reporters union I'm very much: 'Give us something'."

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025

The centre, of which he is a director, opened in July 2023 and has about 35 paid-up members - both children and adults who play together.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023

Guess she wants to make sure everybody knows she's a paid-up member.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson