paid-up

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌpeɪdˈʌp/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pādup)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
paid-up  (pādup),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. paid in full, as of the present or of a specified date:a paid-up membership.
  • 1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
paid-up
  1. having paid the due, full, or required fee to be a member of an organization, club, political party, etc
  2. denoting a security in which all the instalments have been paid; fully paid: a paid-up share
  3. denoting all the money that a company has received from its shareholders: the paid-up capital
  4. 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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