paid-up
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- adjective
- /peɪd ʌp/
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pagado
- Harvey's paid up in full.
- paid-up insurance
- paid-up insurance policy
- paid-up mortgages
Examples
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If your SnS is already paid up for the next 3 years, then you might even save money.
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-Is your insurance paid up?
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We are paid up on that.
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- Okay, the insurance is paid up.
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I'm a party member, paid up till December.
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But in the meantime, I am paid up for the Webshots Service for months into the future.
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In the early 1980s, for example, they doubled their assets and profits annually, and their paid-up capital was greater than the fifteen national commercial banks.
Academic text (1990) -
WatchESPN.com is free to viewers who log in with an active and paid-up cable TV subscription.
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I made sure my membership was paid-up before attending the conference.
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The club requires all members to be paid-up before they can participate in events.
Synonyms
You pay for it before you use it
Antonyms
How Paid-Up
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Surface Forms
Morphology
paid-up = paid (semi-transparent) = up + paid
While 'paid' and 'up' are clear, the specific meaning of 'having paid in full' is idiomatic and not directly derivable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Paid-up comes from the simple verb paid and the small word up, where up means 'completely' or 'in full'. So a paid-up member, shareholder, or insurance policy is one that has already been paid for and has full rights or coverage.