stump up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Citrini predicts that investors will stump up fresh capital, making it “more likely now that Leopold causes the bottom than causes AI to continue going down.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
A wary Tinseltown reluctantly coalesced around the Netflix bid, seeing it as the lesser of two evils, but Paramount's willingness to stump up ever greater sums eventually saw the streamer withdraw.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“Its move to stump up an all-cash deal demonstrates how much Netflix wants its prize,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Chris says the agent told him that he'd have to stump up at least £100 more than the advertised rent to be in with a chance of securing the property.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
“The sticky stuff on my arms,” she said impatiently, and then she held a rounded stump up to her mouth, bit off a cooked chunk, and spit it into the trash.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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