"Cough it up!" (3)

I believe the answer is:

pay

(Other definitions for pay that I've seen before include "Settle up" , "profitable" , "Profit" , "Give money in exchange for goods or services" , "Financial reward" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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