to foot a bill

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Foot \Foot\, v. t.
   1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. --Shak.
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   2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.]
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            What confederacy have you with the traitors
            Late footed in the kingdom?           --Shak.
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   3. To tread; as, to foot the green. --Tickell.
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   4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with
      up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
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   5. To seize or strike with the talon. [Poet.] --Shak.
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   6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. --Shak.
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   {To foot a bill}, to pay it. [Colloq.] -- {To foot it}, to
      walk; also, to dance.
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            If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once,
            who can foot it farthest.             --Dryden.
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