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footed the bill

VERB

pay for

Synonyms

WEAK

bear the cost bear the expense finance pay the bill pick up the check pick up the tab pop for redeem spring for

Example Sentences

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Many companies footed the bill for U.S. tariffs initially, in an effort to keep prices competitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

That is why the BKA footed the bill for the search this week in ruined farm buildings on merciless, shadeless scrubland in the rising heat of an Algarve summer.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

In a controversial arrangement, five major beverage corporations mostly footed the bill.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2023

Eventually, U.S. taxpayers footed the bill for replenishing the Indian Trust Fund.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

This was responded to, and they walked up and drank and I footed the bill.

From Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself by Bibb, Henry