pony up
verb
ponied up; ponying up; ponies up
: to pay (money) especially in settlement of an account
Examples of pony up in a Sentence
despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house
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Adams had been counting on the state to pony up hundreds of millions of dollars to ensure no parent loses access to their current subsidy.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The irony is that any team trading for Durant would have to pony up for an extension.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Commissioners also agreed to pony up as much as $11 million as an incentive for NFL owners to chose Camping World Stadium to host Jaguar games instead of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2025
Monthly Dividends: Main Street Capital Corp. (MAIN) Business development companies (BDCs) allow average investors like us to invest in private companies without having to pony up a million bucks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The irony is that any team trading for Durant would have to pony up for an extension.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Commissioners also agreed to pony up as much as $11 million as an incentive for NFL owners to chose Camping World Stadium to host Jaguar games instead of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2025
Monthly Dividends: Main Street Capital Corp. (MAIN) Business development companies (BDCs) allow average investors like us to invest in private companies without having to pony up a million bucks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pony up
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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pony%20up. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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