footed the bill

But he alleged that Seven had footed the bill for several expensive dinners with Mr Lehrmann, and a golfing trip in Tasmania.

He footed the bill for Mr. Biden’s security, back taxes and car payments, facilitated the publication of a memoir and the launch of an art career, and provided emotional support as Mr. Biden dealt with scrutiny from prosecutors and political adversaries.

The billionaire also purchased the Georgia house where Thomas' mother resides and footed the bill for two years of private school tuition for the justice's great nephew, who he and his wife, Ginni Thomas, raised.

I footed the bill for 200 burritos from Burritos La Palma, the popular mini-chain with roots in Jerez.

Thomas has been at the center of several Supreme Court ethics controversies this year following shocking exposés from ProPublica, which revealed that the conservative billionaire and megadonor Harlan Crow funded extravagant vacations for Thomas, purchased Thomas' mother's home, footed the bill for the Thomas' grand-nephew's tuition in the 2000s.