pony up
Example Sentences
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Since around $5 billion has been wiped off the stock recently, Estée Lauder might have to pony up more cash for Puig in any cash-and-share offer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
While it’s true passengers typically pony up for all sorts of extras on a sailing, from drink packages to specialty dining, they see a true benefit to those things, she noted.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
It is not known whether any of them have been foolish enough to pony up the $1 billion initiation fee—nor has Trump or anyone else said who would control this slush fund.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026
For one, whether Saudi Arabia can pony up $1 trillion — a figure amounting to 80% of its annual GDP and more than twice its foreign exchange reserves — is an open question.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
Financial backers of both institutions—the Chemical Foundation in Columbia’s case and William Crocker, a banking and railroad magnate, in Berkeley’s case—seemed eager to pony up funds to cover Sloan’s further research.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
