paid-up

[ peyd-uhp ]

/ ˈpeɪdˈʌp /

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adjective

paid in full, as of the present or of a specified date: a paid-up membership.

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Origin of paid-up

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby paid-up

Pahouin, Pahsien, paid, paid-in, paid-in surplus, paid-up, Paige, paigle, Paignton, pai-hua, pail

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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.
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But once negotiations with Comcast ended and Netflix paid up, streaming conditions went back to “normal.”
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Steinbrenner accepted the bet, the Yankees won, and he promptly paid up.
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From 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|DAILY BEAST

Mostly such Tories were not big, paid-up Thatcherites, but they did enjoy that era very much.
Lady Thatcher in Full: Charles Moore on Writing Her Biography|Matthew Walther|June 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
About two hundred and twenty thousand pounds were actually paid up.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The 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 Roberts
Then Boris laughed no more, but paid up with the best grace he could.
Boris the Bear-Hunter|Fred Whishaw
Entrance fee, $3 to paid-up members, $5 to all other persons.
Pistol and Revolver Shooting|A. L. A. Himmelwright
My 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

paid-up

adjective

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 paida paid-up share

denoting all the money that a company has received from its shareholdersthe 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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