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paid-up

paid-up adjective: fully paid (for). Also the alternative form of paid up.

Adjective

paid-up

  1. Fully paid (for).
    • a paid-up member of the organization
    • A local Chrysler dealer had 68 paid-up back orders for cars.1964 January 3, “Canada: Spreading Wealth”, in Time
  2. (figuratively, sometimes preceded by fully) Full-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 2013
    • 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 Time
  3. Of an insurance policy, still in force but with the policyholder no longer paying any premiums (typically resulting in a reduced sum assured).

Also used as

paid-up is also the alternative form of paid up.

Questions about paid-up

What does paid-up mean?
Paid-up means fully paid (for).
What part of speech is paid-up?
Paid-up is an adjective.

Words near paid-up in the dictionary

  1. paid to play
  2. paid towards
  3. paid up
  4. paid with one's life
  5. paid-in
  6. paid-up
  7. paidakia
  8. paide
  9. paideia
  10. paideic
  11. paiderast

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