Top-up

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That serves as an addition not-comparable

    "English university students will have to pay top-up fees."

Noun
  1. 1
    An addition. countable, uncountable

    "Energy will be generated from solar panels, water will be recycled and extracted from soil and the astronauts will grow their own food - they will also have an emergency ration and regular top-ups as new explorers join every two years."

  2. 2
    an amount needed to restore something to its former level wordnet
  3. 3
    A serving of drink used to top up an existing glass. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An additional premium paid over the initial premium in order to increase benefit values. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone. countable, uncountable

    "I added a $20 top-up on my cellphone's data plan."

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  1. 6
    A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia countable, uncountable

    "The reinforcement of anesthesia by an epidural “top-up” in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia may be explained by a dual mechanism: a volume effect compressing the dural sac and a local anesthetic effect."

  2. 7
    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. countable, uncountable

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