paid-up
paid in full, as of the present or of a specified date: a paid-up membership.
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How to use paid-up in a sentence
He had already let his reputation sour—and his country down—so he paid up.
But once negotiations with Comcast ended and Netflix paid up, streaming conditions went back to “normal.”
Porn Fights For Your Right to Surf: Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube Lead Charge For Net Neutrality | Aurora Snow | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSteinbrenner accepted the bet, the Yankees won, and he promptly paid up.
Speed Read: Highlights From Mariano Rivera’s Memoir, ‘The Closer’ | Ben Teitelbaum | May 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom 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 Marys | P. J. O’Rourke | April 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMostly such Tories were not big, paid-up Thatcherites, but they did enjoy that era very much.
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About two hundred and twenty thousand pounds were actually paid up.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe men were paid up and escorted across the river Hughly, whence they were allowed to proceed to their homes.
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh RobertsThen Boris laughed no more, but paid up with the best grace he could.
Boris the Bear-Hunter | Fred WhishawEntrance fee, $3 to paid-up members, $5 to all other persons.
Pistol and Revolver Shooting | A. L. A. HimmelwrightMy tuition was paid up until the end; there was no trouble there.
The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road | Hildegard G. Frey
British Dictionary definitions for 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 paid: a paid-up share
denoting all the money that a company has received from its shareholders: the 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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