Meanings
- Fully paid (for).
a paid-up member of the organization
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A local Chrysler dealer had 68 paid-up back orders for cars.
1964 January 3, “Canada: Spreading Wealth”, in Time - figurativelysometimes preceded by fullyFull-fledged, wholehearted.
Among Wall Street economists, Mr. Roach has not been a paid-up member of the alarmist camp.
1991 October 6, Floyd Norris, “Services: A Boom Area Goes Bust”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Jul 20132 more examples
Makoni […] had a reputation as a technocrat who tended toward moderation and pragmatism, but one who was also a fully paid-up member of the Mugabe machine.
2008 February 22, Alex Perry, “A New Challenge to Mugabe”, in TimeWhile [Alister] McGrath is a paid-up believer of a familiar type—albeit with an unusual hinterland in biophysics and Marxism—the others really aren't.
2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9 - businessOf an insurance policy, still in force but with the policyholder no longer paying any premiums (typically resulting in a reduced sum assured).
- alternativeAlternative form of paid up.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepaid in advance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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