paid up

See also: paid-up

English

Verb

paid up

  1. simple past tense and past participle of pay up

Adjective

paid up

  1. (often hyphenated) Fully paid.
  2. (idiomatic, often hyphenated, sometimes preceded by fully) Full-fledged, wholehearted.
    • 1991 October 6, Floyd Norris, "Services: A Boom Area Goes Bust," New York Times (retrieved 2 July 2013):
      Among Wall Street economists, Mr. Roach has not been a paid-up member of the alarmist camp.
    • 2008 Feb. 22, Alex Perry, "A New Challenge to Mugabe," Time:
      Makoni . . . had a reputation as a technocrat who tended toward moderation and pragmatism, but one who was also a fully paid-up member of the Mugabe machine.
  3. (often hyphenated, insurance) Of an insurance policy, still in force but with the policyholder no longer paying any premiums (typically resulting in a reduced sum assured).
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