Pick up the tab informal verb phrase
To pay the bill for something
She offered to pick up the tab for our cocktails.
Our company will pick up the tab for accommodation costs.
He didn't agree to go 50-50, so he picked up the tab for our dinner.
Something offers better value for your money.
To make a payment for something.
What is the cost?
1. To postpone or defer a final action, decision, or solution, generally by implementing a temporary one instead. Frequently followed by "down the road."
2. To contribute financially; to be obligated to pay a specific amount of money.
The verb “pick" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The phrasal verb "pick up" has had a meaning of "to pay (check, tab,...)" since 1945.
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
I and my boyfriend have decided to get married in the summer. I don't think that's wise, since we won't have enough money saved by then to set up house. But then, one cannot love and be wise.