pay up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, agreed in August to pay up to $17 billion and make child-safety changes to resolve a multistate lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Suppliers might pressure the company to pay up at the same time as financial commitments to suddenly less-eager customers come due.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Columbia settled a year ago and had to pay up and accept federal oversight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
John Driscoll knows it’s going to take a major overhaul to fix Social Security — and he’s willing to pay up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some minibus drivers couldn’t pay up front, for example.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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