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pad the bill

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pad the bill
Fig. to put unnecessary or additional items on a bill to make the total cost higher. The plumber had padded the bill with things we didn't need. I was falsely accused of padding the bill.
See also: bill, pad


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In December last year, the officials allegedly had a limousine taxi company pad the bill for charter contracts, receiving taxi tickets worth 12 million yen from the firm as kickbacks, according to the sources.
 
 
 
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