promise to pay

The Atlantic’s piece began with an anecdote about the then president reneging on a promise to pay for the funeral of a female soldier of Mexican ancestry, Vanessa Guillén, who had been murdered at Fort Hood, in Texas:

A Northern spokesman said: “As with all train operators across the UK, everyone has a duty to buy a valid ticket or obtain a ‘promise to pay’ voucher before they board the train and be able to present it to the conductor or revenue protection officer during a ticket inspection.

A bond is a promise to pay money in the future.

Some Republicans have already rebuffed his promise to pay the entire bridge cost.

And he has said that he will fully fund Social Security and Medicare through "growth" and selling oil leases in Alaska which might as well be a promise to pay for it with diamond mines on Mars.