英和和英

動詞

pay the freight (三人称単数 現在形 pays the freight, 現在分詞 paying the freight, 過去形および過去分詞形 paid the freight)

1. To pay for the cost of transport.
2. (idiomatic) To bear the cost.
   • 1990, J. A. Jance, Minor in Possession, page 168

     I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars.

   • 1997, J. A. Jance Name Withheld, page 58

     Stores that were large enough to pay the freight hired their own in-house detectives and security, but lots of companies were far too small to handle that kind of expense on a full-time basis.

   • 2000, G. M. Ford, Last Ditch, page 62

     McColl was the lawyer of choice for those who could pay the freight.