Foot (Verb)
Meaning 1
Pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The company will foot the costs of training for all new employees.
- After a night out at the pub, John insisted on footing the entire bill for his friends.
- If the advertising doesn't generate enough revenue, the shareholders will have to foot the company's operating expenses.
- The homeowners' association members decided to band together to foot the costs of the repairing the community center.
- Her parents decided to foot the tuition fees for their daughter to study abroad.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Add a column of numbers.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- To foot a bill means to add up the costs and pay for something, so let's say the bill was $20 for the main course, $15 for the side dish, and $10 for the drinks.
- Foot the following columns of numbers to determine the total: 10, 20, 30, 40.
- The new accounting software will automatically foot the columns and the total at the bottom.
- Be careful when you foot a bill that involves foreign currency conversion, as the rates may change rapidly.
- You can use a calculator to quickly foot a long column of numbers and get the total.
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Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Walk; "let's hoof it to the disco".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- Let's hoof it to the movies tonight instead of driving.
- The kids decided to foot it to school because the bus was late.
- I usually foot it to the gym in the mornings to get some exercise.
- We'll have to foot it the rest of the way since our car is out of gas.
- I'd rather foot it than take a taxi to the nearby restaurant.