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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Only players with at least 10 years of service can be paid up to 35% of the cap, except for players who meet certain awards criteria after their eighth or ninth season.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 4 June 2025
Under the bill, school board members would be paid up to 10% of the lowest starting salary of a teacher employed in the districts, which would shift the current $2,000 payment.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Under the terms of Belichick’s deal, if he’s fired without cause before Dec. 31, 2027, the school would owe him everything he was set to be paid up through that date.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 1 May 2025
Prescott’s amendment would maintain the original bill’s requirement that school board members be paid up to 10% of the lowest starting salary of a teacher employed in the district, which would shift the current $2,000 payment.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 4 June 2025
Under the bill, school board members would be paid up to 10% of the lowest starting salary of a teacher employed in the districts, which would shift the current $2,000 payment.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Under the terms of Belichick’s deal, if he’s fired without cause before Dec. 31, 2027, the school would owe him everything he was set to be paid up through that date.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 1 May 2025
Prescott’s amendment would maintain the original bill’s requirement that school board members be paid up to 10% of the lowest starting salary of a teacher employed in the district, which would shift the current $2,000 payment.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for be paid up
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“Be paid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20paid%20up. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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