Idiom
pay the freight
Meaning
To bear the cost.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We need someone to pay the freight for this project.”
“The company agreed to pay the freight for the new equipment, so we can finally start the installation.”
“While the local government provided the land, the private investors were ultimately required to pay the freight for the entire construction process.”
Examples
simple
“We need someone to pay the freight for this project.”
contextual
“The company agreed to pay the freight for the new equipment, so we can finally start the installation.”
complex
“While the local government provided the land, the private investors were ultimately required to pay the freight for the entire construction process.”
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