PAID-UP Definition & Meaning

paid-up

[ peyd-uhp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

paid-up

having paid the due, full, or required fee to be a member of an organization, club, political party, etc
denoting a security in which all the instalments have been paid; fully paid
a paid-up share
denoting all the money that a company has received from its shareholders
the paid-up capital
denoting an endowment assurance policy on which the payment of premiums has stopped and the surrender value has been used to purchase a new single-premium policy

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Origin of paid-up¹

First recorded in 1870–75

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"That's his right. But as a paid-up member of the commentators and reporters union I'm very much: 'Give us something'."

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Fully paid-up political nerds, myself included, have been glued to the spectacle of the last seven days.

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He's a paid-up member of the DUP and voted for the first time in May's council elections.

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Bernhard went to his grave swearing he had never been a paid-up member of Hitler's party.

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The centre, of which he is a director, opened in July 2023 and has about 35 paid-up members - both children and adults who play together.

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