pay the freight
The idiom "pay the freight" originally referred to covering transportation costs but has broadened to mean bearing any expense or responsibility.
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Definition
B2General
(idiomatic)To cover the cost or expense of something.
Example
- When the project ran over budget, the company had to pay the freight.
B2Logistics
(technical)To pay for the cost of transporting goods.
Example
- The supplier agreed to pay the freight for the shipment.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "pay the freight":
pay one's own waypay the pipertime freightpay the rentpay the fiddlerfree ridepay trainfreight trainpay one's duestake or paystandard farecarry weightbuy and pay forfree rider