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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Hendrick Motorsports will once again foot the bill for Larson’s Double-Double.
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Greg Engle, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
In the Northeast, 39% split the bill evenly and 35% do the right thing and have one person foot the bill, with everybody else paying them back in private and at a latter date.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
However, reducing our individual gas consumption is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole as utilities overspend millions of dollars on natural gas infrastructure, making their customers foot the bill.
—Leah Rubin Shen, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
In short, because its many, many franchisees are footing the bill.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 24 June 2024
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Greg Engle, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
In the Northeast, 39% split the bill evenly and 35% do the right thing and have one person foot the bill, with everybody else paying them back in private and at a latter date.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
However, reducing our individual gas consumption is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole as utilities overspend millions of dollars on natural gas infrastructure, making their customers foot the bill.
—Leah Rubin Shen, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
In short, because its many, many franchisees are footing the bill.
—Whizy Kim, Vox, 24 June 2024
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