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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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.
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Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The standard is 12 to 15 percent of the annual rent, so a person signing a lease on a $3,049-a-month apartment in Clinton Hill — the median asking rent for a Brooklyn one-bedroom — will have to pony up somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,488.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Apr. 2025
And, hey, maybe someone who owns the third Corvette ever made could pony up some money for such a thing?
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
But the overall record in 2024 (4-8) was still bad, and Stoops, 57, has squandered some of the credibility with the fans with past comments on their needing to pony up more name, image and likeness money.
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—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The standard is 12 to 15 percent of the annual rent, so a person signing a lease on a $3,049-a-month apartment in Clinton Hill — the median asking rent for a Brooklyn one-bedroom — will have to pony up somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,488.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Apr. 2025
And, hey, maybe someone who owns the third Corvette ever made could pony up some money for such a thing?
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
But the overall record in 2024 (4-8) was still bad, and Stoops, 57, has squandered some of the credibility with the fans with past comments on their needing to pony up more name, image and likeness money.
5.
—Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 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 29 Apr. 2025.
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