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
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And to add insult to injury all these companies pay executives lavish salaries while demanding struggling residents pony up.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
The new agreement, if approved, would also have Disney pony up $30 million for affordable housing within five years, $40 million for street and transportation improvements and $10 million for sewer upgrades.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
The new agreement, if approved, would also have Disney pony up $30 million for affordable housing within five years, $40 million for street and transportation improvements and $10 million for sewer upgrades.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pony%20up. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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