paid up capital

paid

— adjective marked by the reception of pay paid work a paid official a paid announcement a paid check — adjective (= nonrecreational) involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby — adjective (= gainful) yielding a fair profit

up Preposition

— Toward the top or toward the sky. The balloon went up.

up Adjective

— In a high position. The flag is up. — . It was an up day. — optimistic. He is feeling up. — Put in trust, entrusted. It is up to you. — ing, occurring. What’s up? They act like something is up. — . Something is up with him. — Planning, plotting mischief. He is up to something. — ed. It is all up with them.

up Noun

— State of being up, often with down. Life has its ups and downs.

up Verb

— Increase, increment. We upped the dosage.

capital Noun

— A capital is the most important city of a country. The government of the country is usually located there. — The (field) capital is the most important city in that particular field. Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital. — A person's capital is all his money and wealth. — A capital forms the topmost member of a column or pilaster. It broadens the area of the column's supporting surface.

capital Adjective

— A capital object or idea is something that is very important. — very good. That is a capital idea! — Involving punishment by death. Not all felonies are capital crimes. — . One begins a sentence with a capital letter.