单词 | energy bill |
释义 | > as lemmasenergy bill energy bill n. (a) a bill for payment for electricity, gas, etc., supplied; (b) (chiefly with capital initials) a legislative bill concerned with the supply or use of energy, fuel, etc. ΚΠ 1911 Southern Electrician Apr. 143/1 The incentive to conversion [to low-voltage metallic filament lamps] being actually a substantial reduction in the energy bill. 1954 Taylor (Texas) Daily Press 23 July 1/8 Democratic Senator James Eastland..veered from the Energy Bill and discussed such matters as cotton. 1978 Guardian Weekly 23 Apr. 16/1 Does it all mean that Congress ought not pass the languishing energy bill? 1999 Times 20 Apr. 42/2 (advt.) These projects include policy development for the new Energy Bill currently in preparation. 2014 A. Foster God is Astronaut 17 Even with the best insulating you can find, I can't imagine what it will do to our energy bills. < as lemmas |
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