pay up
verb
paid up; paying up; pays up
intransitive verb
: to pay what is due
transitive verb
: to pay in full
Synonyms
- ante (up)
- balance
- clear
- discharge
- foot
- liquidate
- meet
- pay
- pay off
- pony up
- quit
- recompense
- settle
- spring (for)
- stand
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Example Sentences
for once our bills are all paid up
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
pays up
verb
as in pays
to give what is owed for for once our bills are all paid up Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pays
- pays off
- meets
- balances
- stands
- settles
- foots
- liquidates
- discharges
- recompenses
- springs (for)
- ponies up
- quits
- clears
- antes (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- repudiates
- take the path of least resistance
- take the piss out of
- take the place of
- take the place of (someone or something)
- take the place of someone or something
- take the plunge
- take the pressure off
- take the register
- take the reins
- take the rough with the smooth
- take the shape of
- take the side of
- take the side of (someone)
- take the side of someone
- take the stage
- take the stand
- take the starch out of
- take the starch out of (someone)
- take the starch out of someone
- take the time
- take the traditional route
- take the trouble
- take the veil
- take the view
- take the wheel