English Explanatory Dictionary

pony up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pay (usually a bill, debt or due).

Pronunciation

En-au-pony up.ogg

Word forms

pony up ponies up ponying up ponied up

Etymology

Originally often poney. US early 19th century. According to Michael Quinion, probably not from the monetary sense of pony and instead from Latin "Legem pone mihi Domine viam iustificationum tuarum" (“Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes”) in reference to March 25th, a traditional day of debt settlement. This etymology has been accepted by the American Heritage Dictionary.

Synonyms

cough up pay up ante up defray do the needful expend foot the bill fork out fork over imburse lay out pay pay the freight pay the piper pay the price pony up quit shell out spend stump up
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