Definition of "fork up" []

• To surrender someone or something to another (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "'There will be a meeting Monday morning before school, to arrange the programme of the entertainment; and if you intend to take part in it, Foster, you had better get your cash ready; for we will have to fork up to the young ladies then, and after the collections are made they will determine, with Mrs. Reed's assistance, what part of the funds must go for the fire-works and what part for refreshments.'"
• "He held the fork up vertically, meaning just a second, and chewed and chewed and swallowed, and then tried again: “Me, too.”"