footing the bill
Picking up tab
To foot the bill is to pay the cost, especially for a group or on someone else's behalf: The company footed the bill for the entire conference.
The phrase often implies an expense that's significant or somewhat begrudgingly accepted: Taxpayers end up footing the bill for the cleanup.
- payerOne who settles debts
- paying upDischarging a financial obligation
- expenseMoney paid out
- out of pocketPaid from personal funds
- invoiceItemized billing statement
settle · pick up the tab · costs · account · expense account · generosity · indebtedness · altruism · sponsorship · deep pockets · money talks · gratitude · treat · reimbursement · debtor · reciprocity · credit card · credit limit
payment responsibility
footing the billsplitting the bill
Dividing costs among diners
going Dutch · freeloading · mooching · sponging · cost-sharing
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