foot the bill
idiom
: to pay for something
His parents footed the bill for his college education.
It's a business lunch, so the company is footing the bill.
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The expense of operating prisons is a national crisis and tax payers are being asked to foot the bill.
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Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Taxpayers to foot the bill Yee-Wallace peppered the defense with questions Monday about what funds would be used to pay the damages.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
Among Trump’s longstanding complaints is that Washington disproportionately foots the bill for European defense, a gripe that’s grown as the U.S. provided military support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
The cost of shipping would have been astronomical, but the family of the high-status man to whom researchers believe the gravestone belongs likely had the funds to foot the bill.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Taxpayers to foot the bill Yee-Wallace peppered the defense with questions Monday about what funds would be used to pay the damages.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
Among Trump’s longstanding complaints is that Washington disproportionately foots the bill for European defense, a gripe that’s grown as the U.S. provided military support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
The cost of shipping would have been astronomical, but the family of the high-status man to whom researchers believe the gravestone belongs likely had the funds to foot the bill.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Foot the bill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20the%20bill. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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