ring up

verb

rang up; rung up; ringing up; rings up

transitive verb

1
: to total and record especially by means of a cash register
ring up a sale
2
: achieve
rang up many social triumphs

Examples of ring up in a Sentence

our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term
Recent Examples on the Web Checking people’s carts, often immediately after a store employee has rung up the items in the cart, signifies a lack of trust. Roger Dooley, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 The refrigerator in the Blue Mediterraneo Collection, available at Williams Sonoma, rings up at $5,500. Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024 Steve DeAngelo runs thriving medical marijuana dispensaries in Oakland and San Jose that ring up $44 million in annual transactions. Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024 Affirm’s debit card’s 700,000 users rang up nearly $400 million in purchases in Q4 2023—30% of it in-store. Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 Senate Bill 146 allows 18-year-olds to ring up alcohol purchases and to serve alcohol in hotels or restaurants. Rachel Fradette, The Courier-Journal, 30 Jan. 2024 In September, Walmart pulled self-checkout lanes from at least three New Mexico stores, opting to bring back cashiers to ring up groceries. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024 Merchants hurried to ring up purchases and shuttered storefronts. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024 For context, Google’s subscriptions are delivering more than twice the revenue that Yum Brands, the parent company of fast food purveyors Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut, rang up in 2022. Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'ring up.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ring up was in 1900

Dictionary Entries Near ring up

Cite this Entry

“Ring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20up. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

ring up

verb
: to add up and record on a cash register
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!