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stump up (sth)

UK informal phrasal verb with stump
 
 
/stʌmp/ verb

Definition

to pay an amount or type of money for something, especially unwillingly: It can be cheaper to stump up for a new washing machine than to get your old one repaired. Chissano said Western governments should stump up the cash to fund land redistribution.Paying and spending money
(Definition of stump up (sth) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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