pay up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The risk is that investors pay up for a product that underperforms the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
More than 10 firms now pay up to $100,000 a month for fast access to Truth Social posts.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Netflix can afford longer production timelines; they just don’t want to pay up.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
That K shape, they said, has increasingly been molded by so-called superfans — artists’ most devoted followers, who are willing to pay up for seats at the front of the house and VIP packages.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The fairies would pay up because they believed the gold would be theirs again as soon as he was dead.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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