top up

See also: top-up and topup

English

Verb

top up (third-person singular simple present tops up, present participle topping up, simple past and past participle topped up)

1. to refill something

   I shall top up with petrol before the long trip.

   The waitress topped up my coffee every few minutes.

2. (UK) to refill the drink of (somebody)

   May I top you up?

3. (idiomatic) to extend the credit of something

   I shall top up the mobile phone at the supermarket.

4. to add to a number or amount to bring something up to a certain level

Synonyms

• US English (in the sense of refill) top off

Related terms

• top-up (noun)

Translations

to fill

• Dutch: bijvullen (nl), aanvullen (nl)
• German: aufladen (de), auffüllen
• Hungarian: feltölt (hu), megtölt (hu), teletölt (hu), újratölt
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• Russian: дозаправлять (ru) n (dozapravljatʹ), доливать (ru) n (dolivatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìon
• Spanish: rellenar (es)

to extend credit

• Dutch: opwaarderen (nl)
• German: aufladen (de)
• Hungarian: feltölt (hu)
• Portuguese: carregar (pt), recarregar
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• Spanish: recargar (es)
• Ukrainian: попо́внювати рахунок impf (popóvnjuvaty raxunok), попо́внити рахунок pf (popóvnyty raxunok)

to bring up to a certain amount or a certain level

• Maori: whakapū
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Anagrams

• pot up, up top