pay up

Strange though it may seem, people have been paying up, in droves .

If investors were worried about losing those gains, they would be paying up for options to protect against a sudden fall in share prices.

The U. S. government wants BP to start paying up for the Gulf oil spill.

But by paying up for deposits, the banks also squeeze their net interest margins, a key profitability driver.

Rising above such cavilling and paying up would be a small step in itself.

KENOSHA, Wis. - Someone in Texas apparently had a guilty conscience, paying up on a parking ticket handed out 21 years before.

A company shall not apply an unrealized profit in paying up debentures, or any amounts unpaid on its issued shares.

In summery we are creating a debt market where credit is not unlimited and there are very direct game play consequences for not paying up.

When the supply shrinks or the demand rises, people start paying up for the nearby months.

Another was tricked into paying up to $1, 000 for a $7 taxi ride.

Well, I would be very shocked if that's happening because they're not paying up front.

"In some cases we've been paying up to 80 per cent of 2007, " admitted one senior executive at an expanding bank.

Look for ways to trial a new hobby without paying up-front for weekly classes, a monthly magazine, or similar.

Even though it has a triple-A credit rating, Wells Fargo is paying up.

Paying up front -- the Facebook and Groupon model -- annoys some users.

Yahoo initiallyinsisted the Internet could not be regulated, but ended up paying up.

Despite his discontent with the government, Ross is a firm advocate of doing his part by paying up his taxes.

So why are people paying up?