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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One solution supervisors floated included calling on the state for financial support to help weather the sheriff's mammoth overtime spending, of which the county foots the bill.
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Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
Because the margin is so small, Good is footing the bill for the recount process himself.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024
The Games are also footing the bill for her travel and stay at the luxury Le Royal Monceau hotel near the Champs-Elysees.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
Costner and his backers are footing the bill for marketing.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 June 2024
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Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
Because the margin is so small, Good is footing the bill for the recount process himself.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024
The Games are also footing the bill for her travel and stay at the luxury Le Royal Monceau hotel near the Champs-Elysees.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
Costner and his backers are footing the bill for marketing.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 June 2024
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