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pay up

verb

  1. same as pay.01 but sounds tougher
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.

    At Whitsunday and Martinmas I will have enough to pay up the incumbrance of £3000 due to old Moss's daughter.

    "Suppose we sell off all the horses, and sell one of your farms, and pay up square?"