paid up
See also: paid-up
English[edit]
Verb[edit]
- simple past tense and past participle of pay up
Adjective[edit]
- (often hyphenated) Fully paid.
- 1964 January 3, "Canada: Spreading Wealth," Time:
- A local Chrysler dealer had 68 paid-up back orders for cars.
- 1964 January 3, "Canada: Spreading Wealth," Time:
- (idiomatic, often hyphenated, sometimes preceded by fully) Full-fledged, wholehearted.
- 1991 October 6, Floyd Norris, "Services: A Boom Area Goes Bust," New York Times (retrieved 2 July 2013):
- Among Wall Street economists, Mr. Roach has not been a paid-up member of the alarmist camp.
- 2008 Feb. 22, Alex Perry, "A New Challenge to Mugabe," Time:
- Makoni . . . had a reputation as a technocrat who tended toward moderation and pragmatism, but one who was also a fully paid-up member of the Mugabe machine.
- 1991 October 6, Floyd Norris, "Services: A Boom Area Goes Bust," New York Times (retrieved 2 July 2013):
