pony up

verb

ponied up; ponying up; ponies up

transitive verb

: 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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That could create a strained financial situation, but owner Joe Lacob has been known to pony up for contending rosters. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025 Add to that how steep the cost of holiday travel is ($2,610 on average!), and parents are definitely planning to pony up more than a pretty penny to pull off an experience their family will treasure. Melissa Willets, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024 Each year, advertisers pony up big bucks to wave their wares in front of more than 100 million viewers (even though most ads are now released online, ahead of the Big Game). Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Feb. 2025 In his continuing frustration at getting the Mets to go beyond three years for Pete Alonso, or anybody to pony up $200 million for Alex Bregman, here’s a sudden thought for Scott Boras: How about ringing up the Dodgers? Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pony up

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of pony up was in 1824

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“Pony up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pony%20up. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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