Definition of "ring up" in Englisch

Verb

1. To telephone; to call someone on the telephone.

2. To enter (a payment) into a cash register, or till in a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment.

   • Just ring up these items first. You can ring up those separately.

3. To record the payment of.

   • I'll take these. You can ring me up.
   • The cashier took a long time to ring him up.

4. To make an adverse official decision concerning (a person).

5. To rouse by the ringing of a bell.

6. To strikeout a batter and thereby send him or her back to the dugout.