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idiompay the freight AmEAmEspoken to pay for something that costs a lot of money:If you can pay the freight, our clinic provides first-class drug rehabilitation service.The company agreed to pay the freight for my trip back home after Dad died.
pay the freightTo bear the cost(s) (of something); to pay or compensate payment (for something). Every year, it's the government (and ultimately, the taxpayer) who has to pay the freight for over a million incarcerated prisoners. Don't worry, even if a few containers get "lost" during transit, it's the shipping company's insurance that pays the freight. |