top up

See also: top-up and topup

English

Verb

top up (third-person singular simple present tops up, present participle topping up, simple past and past participle topped up)

1. To refill (or recharge) something.

   I shall top up with petrol before the long trip.

   • 2022 February 9, Ben Jones, “Batteries included for future shunters”, in RAIL, number 950, page 56:

     For the CBD90, the primary power source is a 526kW/h lead acid battery driving four traction motors. As well as charging from a three-phase shore supply or regenerative braking, the batteries can be topped up by an EU Stage V-compliant 56kW JCB Ecomax diesel engine if required.

   1. (idiomatic) To add to a credit balance.

      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.

   2. (UK) To refill a drink.

      The waitress topped up my coffee every few minutes.

   3. To add to a number or amount, to bring something up to a certain level.
2. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To have sex (with).

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

Synonyms

• US English (in the sense of refill) top off

Related terms

• top-up (noun)

Translations

to refill

• Dutch: bijvullen (nl), aanvullen (nl)
• Finnish: täyttää (fi); tankata (fi), tankata täyteen (full)
• Georgian: შეავსებს (šeavsebs), ამოავსებს (amoavsebs)
• German: aufladen (de), auffüllen (de), nachschenken (de)
• Hungarian: feltölt (hu), megtölt (hu), teletölt (hu), újratölt (hu)
• Russian: дозаправлять (ru) n (dozapravljatʹ), доливать (ru) n (dolivatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìon
• Spanish: rellenar (es)

to refill the drink of

• Finnish: kaataa lisää, täyttää (fi)

to extend credit

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 增值 (zang¹ zik⁶)

  Mandarin: 充值 (zh) (chōngzhí)

• Dutch: opwaarderen (nl)
• Finnish: ladata (fi) (esp. electronically); nostaa rahaa (cash)
• French: recharger (fr)
• Georgian: შეავსებს (šeavsebs), დაფარავს (daparavs)
• German: aufladen (de), aufstocken (de)
• Hungarian: feltölt (hu)
• Portuguese: carregar (pt), recarregar
• Spanish: recargar (es)
• Ukrainian: попо́внювати рахунок impf (popóvnjuvaty raxunok), попо́внити рахунок pf (popóvnyty raxunok)
• Vietnamese: nạp tiền

to bring up to a certain amount or a certain level

• Finnish: täydentää (fi)
• Maori: whakapū

Anagrams

• pot up, up top