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paid-up

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paid-up /ˈpeɪdˌʌp , peɪdˈʌp /
adjective [attributive]
1 (of a member of an organization) having paid all the necessary subscriptions in full:
a paid-up member of the club.
firmly committed to an organization or cause:
a fully paid-up Green.
2 denoting the part of the subscribed capital of an undertaking which has actually been paid:
paid-up capital.
denoting an endowment policy in which the policyholder has stopped paying premiums, resulting in the surrender value being used to purchase a single-premium whole-life assurance.
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