stump up

verb

To pay for something, often with reluctance.

“Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, but I paid for the coffees afterwards.”

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Meanings

verbstump up (third-person singular simple present stumps up, present participle stumping up, simple past and past participle stumped up)

present singular third person stumps up · participle present stumping up · participle past stumped up · past stumped up

  1. UKinformalTo pay for something, often with reluctance.

    Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, but I paid for the coffees afterwards.

    1 more example

    Not least because last spring, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that HM Treasury's new northern base would be in Darlington. If that doesn't encourage the Treasury to stump up cash to upgrade the town's station, then I fear nothing will.

    2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

stump up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stump%20up

MLA

“stump up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stump%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stump up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stump%20up.

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