"pay the freight" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays the freight",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying the freight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid the freight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid the freight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pay<,,paid> the freight"
      },
      "expansion": "pay the freight (third-person singular simple present pays the freight, present participle paying the freight, simple past and past participle paid the freight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English light verb constructions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for the cost of transport."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay_the_freight-en-verb-xZBA9~rt"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, J. A. Jance, Minor in Possession, page 168",
          "text": "I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, J. A. Jance, Name Withheld, page 58",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, G. M. Ford, Last Ditch, page 62",
          "text": "McColl was the lawyer of choice for those who could pay the freight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bear the cost."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay_the_freight-en-verb-QEmM3Ol1",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To bear the cost."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay the freight"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English light verb constructions",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays the freight",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying the freight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid the freight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid the freight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pay<,,paid> the freight"
      },
      "expansion": "pay the freight (third-person singular simple present pays the freight, present participle paying the freight, simple past and past participle paid the freight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for the cost of transport."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, J. A. Jance, Minor in Possession, page 168",
          "text": "I don't want to pay the freight on the kind of conspicuous consumption that thrives on Mercedes or Jaguars.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, J. A. Jance, Name Withheld, page 58",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, G. M. Ford, Last Ditch, page 62",
          "text": "McColl was the lawyer of choice for those who could pay the freight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bear the cost."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To bear the cost."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay the freight"
}