Meaning

5 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To refill (or recharge) something.

    I shall top up with petrol before the long trip.

    Please top up the tank tonight.

  2. To refill (or recharge) something.

    (ambitransitive, idiomatic)To add to a balance in an account (e.g., mobile payment, debit card, bank account).

    I shall top up the mobile phone at the supermarket.

    Users can top up their wallet balance and start sending and receiving money between mobile phones.

    aufladen, aufstocken

    попо́внювати рахунокpopóvnjuvaty raxunok, попо́внити рахунокpopóvnyty raxunok

  3. (UK, ambitransitive)To refill a drink.

    The waitress topped up my coffee every few minutes.

  4. (ambitransitive)To add to a number or amount, to bring something up to a certain level.

  5. (ambitransitive, slang)To have sex (with).

    We had dinner, went back to her place, and started topping up.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I can't top up my phone.

    deIch kann mein Handyguthaben nicht aufladen.

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  2. Shall I top your glass up?

    deSoll ich dir nachschenken?

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  3. Shall I top up your glass?

    deSoll ich dir nachschenken?

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  4. Mary still uses a top-up card to put credit on her phone.

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  5. Shall I top you up?

    deSoll ich dir nachschenken?

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to extend credit:
Русский
By meaning 1
to refill:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to refill:
to extend credit:

Forms

tops up, topping up, topped up, topped up
Base formtop up · to top up
3rd person singulartops up
Present participletopping up
Past simpletopped up
Past participletopped up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytop up
he, she, ittops up

Past simpleLesson

all personstopped up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave topped up
he, she, ithas topped up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill top up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtop-up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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