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top-up

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: T AA1 P AH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That serves as an addition

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • English university students will have to pay top-up fees.

Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An addition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A serving of drink used to top up an existing glass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An additional premium paid over the initial premium in order to increase benefit values.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, insurance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I added a $20 top-up on my cellphone's data plan.

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

The situation where a student who holds a qualification equivalent to part of a degree course is then accepted onto a degree course at an intermediate point, without having to start it from the beginning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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8

noun

Meaning 8

an amount needed to restore something to its former level

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indefinite quantity

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Georgian: დამატებითი (damaṭebiti) — additional
  • Irish: breisithe — additional
  • Polish: dodatkowy — additional
  • Polish: ekstra — additional
  • Russian: доба́вочный (dobávočnyj) — additional
  • Russian: дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) — additional
  • Swedish: tilläggs- — additional
  • Polish: doładowanie — additional credit purchased for a mobile phone