ring up sth
— Phrasal Verb with ring /rɪŋ/ verb (rang, rung)Definition
› FINANCE to record a particular profit or loss: California saw its businesses ring up $129.7 billion in foreign sales.
› FINANCE to spend a particular amount in total: He managed to ring up $58,000 in personal expenses.
› COMMERCE to enter or record the cost of goods in a cash register : When they ring it up, it comes to $150. Cash registers ring up a sale every 90 seconds in the two-story air-conditioned restaurant.
(Definition of ring up sth from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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