pay the freight

verb

Definitions

  1. To pay for the cost of transport.

  2. To bear the cost.

    • I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars.
    • Stores that were large enough to pay the freight hired their own in-house detectives and security, but lots of companies were far too small to handle that kind of expense on a full-time basis.
    • McColl was the lawyer of choice for those who could pay the freight.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA