foot the bill

Example Sentences

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It sounds like your parents aren’t really a financial support beam for you anymore, which is why it feels unnatural when they foot the bill, even if it’s for a special occasion.

From MarketWatch

Lee, who has a voluminous head of hair, asked the country’s health minister whether the state-run healthcare plan could foot the bill for hair-loss treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal

So California taxpayers had to foot the bill for the state’s expansion, and a lot more people signed up than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal

In his crosshairs: the national health insurance scheme, which he suggests should foot the bill for hair loss treatments.

From BBC

Finding ways to foot the bill for such upgrades promises to be challenging, said Erik Porse, director of the California Institute for Water Resources, because it will also require convincing ratepayers who will bear the costs.

From Los Angeles Times