be paid up

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: having given all of the money that one owes on a debt until a specific date.

You're (all) paid up through June.

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Players taken after the 10th round may be paid up to $150,000 without counting against the bonus pool, so the best prospects taken in Rounds 11 through 20 rarely end up signing. —

Keith Law, The Athletic, 18 July 2024 The company will be paid up to $6 million for that work, along with another $3.2 million in backpay that the city owed the company for its services earlier this year. —

Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024 Emma Hayes, who managed a dominant Chelsea’s women’s team in the Women’s Soccer League prior to taking over the U.S. women’s program in November 2023, will be paid up to $2 million this year, reports The Athletic. —

Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2024 According to the Tarrant Appraisal District’s website, people who serve on the board can be paid up to $185 a day. —

Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for be paid up