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Definition of Ring up
1. Verb. To perform and record a sale on a cash register. "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes"
Definition of Ring up
1. Verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To telephone, to call someone on the telephone. ¹
2. Verb. To enter a payment into a cash register, or till in a shop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Up
Literary usage of Ring up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Eternal City by Hall Caine (1902)
"Then, turning to Felice, he told the man to ring up the Commendatore Angelelli
and tell him to send for Minghelli without delay. NEXT day began with heavy ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"1 can ring up No. 2 without touching his switch, and if he does move his switch
to point ... 2 can ring up any desired station without calling up any other, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Ring-Up.—(1) In telephony, to actuate the call-bell of a subscriber wanted. ...
In a telephone switchboard, a key employed to ring up a subscriber. ..."
4. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"Supposing the two lines to be denominated A and B, a positive current from the
Exchange, returning through earth, will ring up station 1, the other being ..."
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