foot the bill

Though the law was repealed this year, Engie executives say the company won’t foot the bill to keep running the reactor in Tihange and another near Antwerp.

The companies intend to foot the bill for those incentives.

But Thompson said Marineland's lack of a viable alternative home for the belugas did not entail the Canadian government should foot the bill for their care.

Now Sheridan fears he may have to foot the bill to bring in clean soil and regrade his property before he can rebuild.

The county, he emphasized, will still foot the bill for everything — a request that could prove financially risky for the cash-strapped county.