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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The challenge will be figuring out where those audiences of influence are in a world where pay-TV is a shadow of its former self, and who, exactly, is footing the bill.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
But over the last two decades, the follow-up research points to long-term, positive outcomes for the students themselves, the taxpayers footing the bill and their local community.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
Voters rejected efforts in Kentucky, Colorado and Nebraska to strengthen school choice and voucher programs, in which state funds help foot the bill for parents who choose to forgo their local public schools.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
Under the annexation agreement, Tinley Park would foot the bill to install a four-way intersection with stoplights at Market Place Drive, which is west of Harlem and east of 76th Avenue.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
But over the last two decades, the follow-up research points to long-term, positive outcomes for the students themselves, the taxpayers footing the bill and their local community.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
Voters rejected efforts in Kentucky, Colorado and Nebraska to strengthen school choice and voucher programs, in which state funds help foot the bill for parents who choose to forgo their local public schools.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
Under the annexation agreement, Tinley Park would foot the bill to install a four-way intersection with stoplights at Market Place Drive, which is west of Harlem and east of 76th Avenue.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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