foot the bill

phrase

: 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.

Examples of foot the bill in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Taxpayers were left footing the bill to put residents up in temporary hotel rooms. — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026

Taxpayers foot the bill for both the defense and the prosecution in post-conviction capital cases, as well as the administrative judicial costs associated with years of complicated appeals in state and federal court. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

The environmental degradation, those groups argue, will come at a benefit to the agricultural industry and other large commercial water users, while taxpayers will foot the bill. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

The latest changes announced on Monday could throw more fuel onto the fire of whether taxpayers should be footing the bill for studios, some of which are engaged in major layoffs even as executive compensation remains sky high. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for foot the bill

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