foot the bill

:  the terminal part of the vertebrate (see ¹vertebrate) leg upon which an individual stands

:  an invertebrate organ of locomotion or attachment

:  a ventral (see ¹ventral 1b) muscular surface or process of a mollusk

:  dance

:  to go on foot

:  to make speed :  move

:  the jaws of a bird together with their horny covering

:  a mouthpart (such as the beak of a turtle) that resembles a bird's bill

:  the point of an anchor fluke — see anchor illustration

:  to touch and rub bill to bill (see ¹bill 1)

:  to caress affectionately

:  a weapon in use up to the 18th century that consists of a long staff ending in a hook-shaped blade

:  billhook

:  an itemized list or a statement of particulars (such as a list of materials or of members of a ship's crew)

:  a written document or note

:  a formal petition

:  to enter in an accounting system :  prepare a bill of (charges)

:  to submit a bill (see ⁴bill 4a) of charges to

:  to enter (something, such as freight) in a waybill