Bill Bɪl Telephone/Electricity/Gas Ran Hotel I’ll Sending Dry Cleaning

• the telephone/electricity/gas bill
• we ran up a massive hotel bill.
• she always pays her bills on time.
• i’ll be sending you the bill for the dry-cleaning!

bill

1. a document that shows how much you owe somebody for goods or services
• the telephone/electricity/gas bill
• We ran up a massive hotel bill.
• She always pays her bills on time.
• I’ll be sending you the bill for the dry-cleaning!
• The bills are piling up (= there are more and more that have still not been paid).
2. a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant
• Let's ask for the bill.
• the gas bill
• Put it on my account please.
• The builders sent an invoice for £250.
• Can I have the check, please?
3. a piece of paper money
• a ten-dollar bill
4. a written suggestion for a new law that is presented to a country’s parliament so that its members can discuss it
• to introduce/approve/reject a bill
• the Education Reform Bill
5. a programme of entertainment at a theatre, etc.
• a horror double bill (= two horror films/movies shown one after the other)
• Topping the bill (= the most important performer) is Paul Simon.
6. a notice in a public place to advertise an event
• synonym poster
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/poster
• Post no bills (= a notice warning people not to stick bills in a particular place).
7. the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird’s mouth
• synonym beak
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/beak
8. having the type of bill mentioned
• long-billed waders
9. the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes
10. a report that says somebody is healthy or that something is in good condition
• Doctors gave him a clean bill of health after a series of tests and examinations.
• The building was given a clean bill of health by the surveyor.
11. to be what is needed in a particular situation or for a particular purpose
• On paper, several of the applicants fit the bill.
12. to be responsible for paying the cost of something
• Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
• Who will be footing the bill for the party?

Extra Examples

• Are the coffees on the bill?
• Could I have the bill please?
• Customers receive an itemized monthly phone bill.
• Don’t worry—the company will pick up the bill.
• I’ve just got a huge tax bill.
• Many people struggle to pay their rent and utility bills.
• Mozart is on the bill this evening.
• Republicans will try to push the bill through Congress.
• Rufus Wainwright is topping the bill.
• The bill amounted to $850.
• The bill became law in June.
• The bill came to £120.
• The bill included a gradual phase-out of estate tax.
• The bill was brought to the floor of the House last summer.
• The bill will be brought before Parliament next year.
• The company could now face higher fuel bills.
• The government has put forward an emergency bill to limit the powers of the police.
• The opposition will try to force the bill through Parliament.
• They presented us with a very large bill.
• Tom Jones is topping the bill.
• Use the money in the account to cover the bills.
• We decided to split the bill.
• We need to cut our electricity bills.
• We ran up a very large hotel bill.
• We share the gas and electricity bills.
• Who is going to foot the bill for the damage?
• a sweeping bill that will reform the nation’s immigration system
• the bill for the meal
• I’ll be sending you the bill for the dry-cleaning!
• The bills are piling up.
• The waiter brought the bill to their table.
• the telephone/electricity/gas bill

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 6 Middle English (denoting a written list or catalogue): from Anglo-Norman French bille, probably based on medieval Latin bulla ‘seal, sealed document’. noun senses 7 to 9 Old English bile, of unknown origin.