"top-up" meaning in English

See top-up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} top-up (not comparable)
  1. That serves as an addition Tags: not-comparable Translations (additional): დამატებითი (damaṭebiti) (Georgian), breisithe (Irish), dodatkowy (Polish), ekstra (Polish), доба́вочный (dobávočnyj) [masculine] (Russian), дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), tilläggs- (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-top-up-en-adj-3miYQ2yN

Noun

Forms: top-ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} top-up (countable and uncountable, plural top-ups)
  1. An addition. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-top-up-en-noun--BkquJg5
  2. A serving of drink used to top up an existing glass. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: top up [verb]
    Sense id: en-top-up-en-noun-nqehOqJW
  3. (insurance) An additional premium paid over the initial premium in order to increase benefit values. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Insurance
    Sense id: en-top-up-en-noun-GIUARiYr Topics: business, insurance
  4. Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (additional credit purchased for a mobile phone): doładowanie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-top-up-en-noun-Je8ULw0b Disambiguation of 'additional credit purchased for a mobile phone': 4 2 9 83 1 2
  5. (medicine) A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-top-up-en-noun-mJXMPMND Topics: medicine, sciences
  6. (education) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-top-up-en-noun-RX-apNmd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 11 7 21 17 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 3 16 11 17 15 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 7 3 13 14 19 16 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 3 17 12 17 14 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 4 16 7 19 17 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 3 15 9 19 15 31 Topics: education

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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