be paid up
idiom
: 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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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.
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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
Rent must be paid up to date, the issue must not have been caused by the tenant, and the tenant must give the landlord notice.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
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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
Rent must be paid up to date, the issue must not have been caused by the tenant, and the tenant must give the landlord notice.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
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