Pay up
Pay up verb - To give what is owed for.
Use
Use verb - To put into action or service.
Both terms in one sentence
- If you want a wider selection of powers, the ability to use more than one power, and more time to use them (24 full hours), you need to pay up.
Source: Literature / Hero.com -
One (or more) of the characters has a particularly foul mouth, so another character decides to institute the Swear Jar so that they have to pay up every time they use rude language.
Source: The Swear Jar -
Blackmail: When you get data on Halbech's misdeeds, the most profitable use of it is to politely ask a Halbech executive to pay up in exchange for not blowing the evidence wide open.
Source: Video Game / Alpha Protocol
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