stump up

phrasal verb

stumped up; stumping up; stumps up

British, informal

: to pay (an amount of money) especially when one does not want to

He may be required to stump up for the repairs.

If she can't pay, I'll have to stump up the money.

Examples of stump up in a Sentence

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The tick appears almost instantly once someone stumps up the cash, and no questions are asked—people do not have to prove their identity. —

Matt Burgess, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022 Festivals are struggling to appeal to younger generations who missed out on their first festival experience during lockdowns and are now reluctant or unable to stump up the pricey ticket costs. —

Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 July 2024 Big tech companies might stump up more cash, perhaps on the condition of a change to Anthropic’s public benefit structure. —

Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024 Chelsea paid £11m to sign Felix on loan in the first place and would be required to stump up around £88m to land the attacker on a permanent basis. —

Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 7 May 2023