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(= Rechnung) →
bill (esp Brit), →
check (US);
die (ganze) Zeche (be)zahlen (lit, fig) →
to foot the bill etc;
(den Wirt um) die Zeche prellen →
to leave without paying (the bill etc);
eine (hohe) Zeche machen →
to run up a (large) bill etc Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Industriekomplex Zeche Zollverein in Essen | → | Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen |
die Zeche prellen | → | to skip out on the bill [coll.] [Am.] |
die Zeche für jdn. übernehmen [ugs.] | → | to pick up sb.'s tab [coll.] |