pick up the tabPAY FORto pay for something, especially when it is not your responsibility to pay 〔尤指代他人〕付账，承担费用 Taxpayers will pick up the tab for the stadium. 纳税人将承担建造体育馆的费用。
pick up the tab• We all went out to dinner, and Adam picked up the tab.• When the check comes, the lobbyists almost always pick up the tab.• Often, the book publisher, not the author, picks up the tab.• Usually the book publisher, not the author, picks up the tab for a publicity tour.• Thus, port officials argue, the city should have picked up the tab for fixing the recently revealed environmental problems.• I wonder to myself as I pick up the tab for breakfast.• Normally, developers paying a barrister to represent them at an inquiry must pick up the tab.• He wouldn't pick up the tab for anyone else.• Airlines will have to pick up the tab for new safety regulations.• In addition, my company will pick up the tab for all legal and moving expenses.
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