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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Stefanie	SHTE-fah-nee (German), STAY-fah-nee (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Danish
Ioanna	-	Greek, Biblical Greek
Eerikki	E:-reek-kee	Finnish
GaËLle	-	French, Breton
Rasim	-	Arabic
Maria	mah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), mə-REE-ə (Catalan, English), MAHR-yah (Polish), MAH-ree-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian,