pay the freight

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pay the freight

verb pays the freight · paying the freight · paid the freight

  1. To pay for the cost of transport.
  2. idiomatic To bear the cost. I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars.

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@misc{pay_the_freight_2026,
  title = {pay the freight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pay%20the%20freight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}