Pay for a purchase.
Stump up
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Stump up'?
What's the origin of the phrase 'Stump up'?
This phrase derives from horse trading or other dealing where money was put onto a wooden post (stump) to display good faith in a cash deal. It is a variant of the expression ‘cash on the nail‘.
The Reverend William Carr published a glossary of the colloquial language of the Craven district of West Yorkshire in 1828, titled The Dialect of Craven, in which he defined ‘stump’ as a verb:
“Stump, to pay ready money,… to pay down on the nail.”
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