run up a bill

verb

Roget 806: be in debt etc. adj.; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt etc. n.; run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow etc. 788; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable; run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809.    answer for, go bail for.    [notify a person of his indebtedness: ] bill, charge.    ... show more

Roget 812: bear a price, set a price, fix a price; appraise, assess, doom [U.S.], price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up; distrain; run up a bill etc. (debt) 806; have one's price; liquidate.    amount to, come to, mount up to; stand one in.    fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.    ... show more

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