pad the bill

pad the bill
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.

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{v. phr.} To add false expenses to a bill; make a bill larger than it really was. * /The salesman padded the bill for his traveling expenses by exaggerating his food expenses./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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