单词 | to dub in |
释义 | > as lemmasto dub in intransitive. To pay up; so to dub in, to make a contribution. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay up or out to shell out1821 dub1823 stump1828 to stump up1836 tip1847 cash1854 to ante up1861 to fund up1888 pony1894 brass1898 cough1920 to pay up1941 to dig down1942 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 72 Dub up, to pay at once. 1839 Comic Almanack 1840 36 ‘Come, dub up!’ roars a third; and I don't mind telling you..that I..took out the sovereign and gave it. 1845 Punch Oct. 147/1 He has been compelled to ‘dub up’ out of his own pocket. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 79 A stranger may gain admission by the rum cull introducing him, and dubbing a tanner to the chairman. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. v. 181 The juniors are compelled to dub up. 1923 E. Blunden Christ's Hospital 199 Five or six boys ‘dub in’ for a pot of strawberry jam or treacle. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 195 The demand to hand over has elsewhere been heard expressed in the words: ‘Cough it up’, ‘Dish it out’, ‘Dub up’ (North Country). < as lemmas |
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