foot the bill
idiom
: to pay for something
His parents footed the bill for his college education.
It's a business lunch, so the company is footing the bill.
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Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who’s footing the bill to power Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
If the government steps in to support OpenAI, taxpayers will be footing the bill, scientist and AI expert Gary Marcus argues in his Substack.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Standing in the way of technology development is not a good look for the Democratic Party, but demanding that tech companies foot the bill for the need to modernize, upgrade and massively expand utility electricity generation would be a good position to take.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Naturally details like who will foot the bill for such deployments once projects emerge from trial phases, and how much drivers and operators will pay for their wireless charging, are still to be worked out.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
If the government steps in to support OpenAI, taxpayers will be footing the bill, scientist and AI expert Gary Marcus argues in his Substack.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Standing in the way of technology development is not a good look for the Democratic Party, but demanding that tech companies foot the bill for the need to modernize, upgrade and massively expand utility electricity generation would be a good position to take.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Naturally details like who will foot the bill for such deployments once projects emerge from trial phases, and how much drivers and operators will pay for their wireless charging, are still to be worked out.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foot the bill
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