We found 3 definitions of pay up from 3 different sources.
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pay up - cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!" | ||
ante up, pay | ||
default, default on fail to pay up | ||
pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" | ||
liquidate, pay off settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company" |