What does foot the bill mean?

foot the bill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

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"The cop tried the door. “It's locked, hey,” he said. “Bust it down,” roared Oedipa, “and Hitler Hilarius here will foot the bill.”"
"When I spoke to Hitachi, it was very open that it will foot the bill, not taxpayers or farepayers."

foots the bill (present, singular) footing the bill (participle, present) footed the bill (participle, past) footed the bill (past)

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