Pay Money Meaning Owe Synonym Cough Informal Brett

Meaning: If somebody pays up, they pay money they owe to someone even though they don't really want to.

• pay up Brett lost a thousand dollars playing pool in a bar, and if he hadn't paid up he would have been in big trouble.
  
  
• pay up The mafia demands protection money from small businesses, and if someone doesn't pay up they'll be attacked and maybe even killed.