foot the bill

Example Sentences

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They say oil and gas companies still need to be held to account, so that the same communities that were subjected to decades of pollution won’t have to foot the bill for expensive cleanups.

From Los Angeles Times

Charlene Young, senior pension and savings expert at investment platform AJ Bell, said some of the rise in voluntary payments would be down to top-earning graduates like Hilary, but that it was "very likely that parents and family are stepping in to foot the bill".

From BBC

However, he does allow his parents to foot the bill at family dinners for him, his wife and his son.

From MarketWatch

Attorneys said in order to guarantee clients get 75% of the money, lawyers will have to foot the bill for these medical costs, opening the possibility they would walk away with nothing.

From Los Angeles Times

If the tech companies foot the bill, regular consumers would presumably not have to fund the infrastructure.

From Barron's