bill
noun [ C ]
uk/bɪl/ us COMMERCE, FINANCE, ACCOUNTING
a document showing how much money you owe for goods or services you have received:
bill for sth a bill for $10,000
big/huge/hefty, etc. bill (for sth) The company faces a hefty bill for repairs after the storm.
pay/settle a bill I don't have the money to pay this gas bill.
monthly/quarterly/weekly bill They can afford their monthly bills for basics such as food and housing but have little left for luxuries.
pay/pick up a bill The firm picked up the bill for him to be flown by executive jet to Edinburgh.
cut/reduce a bill We need to find ways of reducing our energy bills.
If you prefer you can request an itemized bill and get a list of every call you have made.
gas/phone/tax, etc. bill
foot the bill
to pay a bill:
Should the government foot the bill for all its citizens - or only the poorest among us?
COMMERCE UK (US check)
a piece of paper given to you when you have finished eating at a restaurant, showing how much money you owe:
"Could we have the bill please?"
pick up the bill Don't worry. I'll pick up the bill.
GOVERNMENT, LAW
a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed before being voted on:
The bill became law in April.
amend/pass a bill They soon realized that they didn't have enough votes to pass the bill.
MONEY US
→ banknote
→ bill of exchange
See also
backed bill
bank bill
commercial bill
discharged bill
discounted bill
documents-against-acceptance bill
documents-against-payment bill
due bill
eligible bill
fine trade bill
non-prime bill
period bill
sight bill
term bill
time bill
trade bill
Treasury bill
usance bill
wage bill
Compare
invoice
bill
verb [ T ]
uk/bɪl/ usto send someone a bill telling them how much money they owe for goods or services that they have received:
bill sb for sth The law firm had billed its clients for more than 400 hours.
to describe sth as being sth:
bill sth as sth The new technology is being billed as "the email of the future".