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stump up

verb

  1. informal,  (adverb) to give (the money required)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Second, investors need to stump up enough to finance the losses—which OpenAI alone estimated at more than $150 billion—until then.

The ATP Tour and WTA Tour stump up £60m between them in financial support and the leading players would like the majors to make a similar contribution.

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But now both governments think the other should stump up the cash.

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The public seems to expect more from the state since the pandemic, even if it does not want to stump up the taxes to pay for it.

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Some of his member unions are raising the prospect of renewed strike action unless the government is willing to stump up more cash.

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