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paid up

1. simple past and past participle of pay up

paid up

1. (often hyphenated) Fully paid (for).

   a paid-up member of the organization

   • 1964 January 3, “Canada: Spreading Wealth”, in Time:

     A local Chrysler dealer had 68 paid-up back orders for cars.

2. (idiomatic, often hyphenated, sometimes preceded by fully) Full-fledged, wholehearted.
   • 1991 October 6, Floyd Norris, “Services: A Boom Area Goes Bust”, in New York Times, retrieved 2 July 2013:

     Among Wall Street economists, Mr. Roach has not been a paid-up member of the alarmist camp.

   • 2008 February 22, Alex Perry, “A New Challenge to Mugabe”, in Time:

     Makoni . . . had a reputation as a technocrat who tended toward moderation and pragmatism, but one who was also a fully paid-up member of the Mugabe machine.

3. (often hyphenated, insurance) Of an insurance policy, still in force but with the policyholder no longer paying any premiums (typically resulting in a reduced sum assured).