Stump-up Definition

verb

(UK, idiomatic) To pay for something. Often indicating reluctance to pay.

Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, and I paid for the coffees afterwards.
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Stump-up Sentence Examples

  • Our ad sales girl Tracey was expected to stump up £ 750 for a backstreet abortion which is worth no more than £ 400.

  • This is a truly astronomical amount of money the taxpayer is being asked to stump up.

  • Too well, in fact, cos I keep having to somehow stump up the cash to get more done !

  • But the real issue for small firms is whether the EU is prepared to stump up cash for having caused such chaos.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTU

Words Ending With

PUP

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Words Starting With S and Ending With P

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