The phrase "bare the cost" refers to accepting responsibility for paying the full or significant amount of an expense. Its antonyms include "share the cost" which implies splitting the expenses with others, "avoid the cost" which means finding a way to escape the expense or "transfer the cost" which entails passing the cost to someone else. Alternatively, "receive the cost" denotes getting compensation for the expenses incurred while "reduce the cost" relates to ways of lowering the expenditure. These antonyms highlight different attitudes toward managing costs and demonstrate alternative ways to approach managing expenses depending on one's circumstance.