Meaning & use
foots
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Pays the entire cost of something, especially a bill (third person singular of the phrase 'foot the bill').
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The company always foots the bill for client dinners.
He grudgingly foots the repair costs whenever something breaks in the rental.
A note on using this word
The verb 'foot' in this sense comes from the practice of adding up a column of figures and writing the total at the foot, or bottom, of the page.
Words with a similar meaning
pays forcovers the cost of
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