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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or an instance of filling up something, especially a gasoline tank.

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  • noun Alternative form of fillup.

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Examples

  • Most of us tend to look only at the cost of oil in relation to a fill-up at the local gas station.

    Martin Cheek: Oil Comes With Hidden Costs Martin Cheek 2011

  • The places literally fill-up with laughing, dancing students for a few hours in the afternoon.

    Comala Hotels 2009

  • He said you'll be able to inflate them at any store that sells helium balloons, and a fill-up will last several weeks.

    WMC's Air Swimmers: Flying fish that you control 2011

  • Most of us tend to look only at the cost of oil in relation to a fill-up at the local gas station.

    Martin Cheek: Oil Comes With Hidden Costs Martin Cheek 2011

  • Q: I have a Mercedes 2007 C280 4matic, and whenever I get a fill-up, I smell gas until I drive it awhile.

    Me & My Car 2011

  • Consumers' response to costlier gasoline is pivotal because they account for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy and feel oil-market disruptions with every fill-up, economists said.

    Oil price at $110 may trigger pain U.S. CEOs weathered at $100 2011

  • The places literally fill-up with laughing, dancing students for a few hours in the afternoon.

    Comala Hotels 2009

  • The places literally fill-up with laughing, dancing students for a few hours in the afternoon.

    Comala Hotels 2009

  • The places literally fill-up with laughing, dancing students for a few hours in the afternoon.

    Comala Hotels 2009

  • Most of us tend to look only at the cost of oil in relation to a fill-up at the local gas station.

    Martin Cheek: Oil Comes With Hidden Costs Martin Cheek 2011

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