pony up
verb
ponied up; ponying up; ponies up
: to pay (money) especially in settlement of an account
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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Few movies pony up $90 million or more in their second weekend; Barbie was the last one to do so when raking in $93 million in summer 2023.
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Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024
The former couple — who were first linked amid the pandemic in 2020 and wed in the spring 2021 — had a prenup in place, stipulating the Grammy winner would fork over a one-time, tax-free payment of $1.25 million, as well as pony up $25,000 for Gomez’s legal fees, per their settlement in October.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2024
But getting insurers to pony up would require Neighborhood Nursing to earn buy-in from a dizzying number of entities.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 11 June 2024
That’s going to be necessary, because after decades of transportation sales taxes and bridge toll increases, the public is not likely to pony up yet again (especially in a poor economy).
—David Schonbrunn, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024
The former couple — who were first linked amid the pandemic in 2020 and wed in the spring 2021 — had a prenup in place, stipulating the Grammy winner would fork over a one-time, tax-free payment of $1.25 million, as well as pony up $25,000 for Gomez’s legal fees, per their settlement in October.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2024
But getting insurers to pony up would require Neighborhood Nursing to earn buy-in from a dizzying number of entities.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 11 June 2024
That’s going to be necessary, because after decades of transportation sales taxes and bridge toll increases, the public is not likely to pony up yet again (especially in a poor economy).
—David Schonbrunn, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pony%20up. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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