ツケを払はらう

expression, godan verb (-u)

pay a bill; settle a tab; pay one's debt

Literal financial meaning: paying a bill, especially a running tab or deferred payment at a bar, restaurant, or shop.

• 今日きょうは私わたしがツケを払はらうよ。

  I'll pay the tab today.

• 月げつ末まつになったので、飲のみ屋やのツケを払はらいに行いった。

  Since it was the end of the month, I went to pay my bar tab.

expression, godan verb (-u)

pay the price; face the consequences; suffer repercussions

Idiomatic use: suffering negative consequences for one's actions, similar to 'paying the price' in English.

• 不ふ正せいを働はたらいた彼かれは、いつかツケを払はらうことになるだろう。

  He who committed fraud will have to pay the price someday.

• 無む理りな生せい活かつを続つづけると、体からだでツケを払はらうことになる。

  If you keep living an unreasonable lifestyle, you'll pay for it with your health.