Cancel or discharge a debt.
1 He called for local, state and federal agencies to all pay up .
2 But current prices are too low for the industry to pay up .
3 But it is not clear that anyone will want to pay up .
4 All went according to plan, apparently, until Fitzherbert refused to pay up .
5 They could not immediately say which countries had failed to pay up .
6 Or fail to pay up , and the shows will never be made.
7 If they don't pay up right away, I'm going to a lawyer.'
8 But 12 months on, many factory bosses have failed to pay up .
9 Here is his discharge, and his pay up to the present time.
10 Cooper has gone to court to force its suitor to pay up .
11 Meantime, the 25-year-old pop idol forced Apple to pay up for music.
12 Surprisingly, Kraus found that his affluent respondents were willing to pay up .
13 I'm trying to pay up some of the debt of my life.
14 And while he wouldn't pay up for Marcel, he would for you.
15 The walls are closing in on Fikile, she has to pay up .
16 We will pay up Loupins, and get out of his horrible den.
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