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Old March 23, 2021, 05:34 PM
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As Rusty says, the examples can be generalized:
If you have "los tragos van por mi cuenta" and "los gastos serán por cuenta del inquilino", you can say "los tragos van/son/corren por cuenta de la casa".
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So it is not idiomatic, like in English.
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Well, "por cuenta de" is invariable; it's only adapted to denote whose "property" is the "de" about.
The verbs don't change much either.
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On the house, too.

—¿Te apetece tomar un batido?
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—Oh, la casa invita.
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The richness of languages is that there never is only one way to say things.
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