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Many companies still want their road warriors to travel, but more employees expect to pick up the tab for costs as budgets shrink, according to a recent survey by SAP Concur.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Should parents always pick up the tab for those family restaurant dinners?

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

Organizers are confident the federal government will pick up the tab for the additional buses.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024

He agreed that the taxpayer should not be left to "pick up the tab for the compensation that we're paying the postmasters" he told BBC Breakfast on Wednesday.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024

On some expeditions guides have gone to the summit without any of their paying customers, prompting the bitter clients to conclude that they were brought along simply to pick up the tab.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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