bill1 nounbill2 verb
billbill1 /bɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINbill1
Origin:
1-7, 9 1300-1400 Medieval Latin billa, from Latin bulla ‘bubble, seal added to a document’; ➔ BOIL18,10 Old English bile11 1300-1400 Old BillEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Can I have the bill, please?
- Monday's debate on the defense bill lasted all night.
- The bill for the meal came to $75, including wine.
- The garage sent me a bill for £400.
- The House of Representatives passed a new gun-control bill.
- The president signed a bill that will help more families move from welfare to work.
- They left the hotel without paying the bill.
- We've just had a huge telephone bill.
- After all of the bills are paid, about $ 6.2 million should remain, he said.
- But before work can start they need the money, and the final bill could come to several million pounds.
- But it could land them with a court bill of up to £200 if they're stopped by the police.
- Sewer rates, which are included on water bills, would not be affected.
- The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.
- The public has purchased only half as many as needed to cover the bill.
- To keep rate bills to a minimum, action needs to be taken.
THESAURUS
a piece of paper that tells you how much you must pay: · Many families are struggling to pay their bills.· a credit card bill· We got a huge phone bill.· I asked the waiter to bring me the bill.
American English a bill that tells you how much you must pay in a restaurant: · Can I have the check, please?
a document that lists the goods that a company has sent, or the services they have provided, and tells you how much you must pay. It is often sent from one company to another company: · Payment is due ten days after receipt of the invoice.
informal a bill that is added up at the end of a period of time, especially for food or drinks that you have had in a restaurant or hotel: · People staying in the hotel can order food or drinks to be put on their tab.
Longman Language Activatoran official rule that everyone must obey an official rule that everyone in a country or place must obey: · This law makes it illegal to smoke in public places.· The law defines drunkenness as a certain percentage of alcohol in the blood.law against: · Japan has very strict laws against guns and drugs. under the law/according to the law: · Under the new law, anyone who assists in a suicide faces 10 years in prison.law on: · tough new laws on immigration· Both specific and general laws on child prostitution exist.tax/gun/immigration etc law: · The current gun laws vary from state to state.
a set of laws, especially ones that are made to control a new problem: · Legislation is needed to stop the spread of computer pornography.· The legislation requires motorcyclists to wear helmets.legislation on: · new legislation on the sale of alcohol
a law made by parliament or Congress - used in the official name of a law: · the 1991 Prevention of Terrorism Act· The Wagner Act prohibited employers from firing workers for joining a union.
a new law that has to be approved by members of the government before it can officially become a law: · Monday's debate on the defense bill lasted all night.sign a bill (=to approve a bill so that it becomes a law): · The president signed a bill that will help more families move from welfare to work.
a law that has been officially established by the government so that it is written down as the law: · In New Mexico, a state statute permits one minute of silent prayer at the beginning of school.· Unfortunately his lawyer could find no statute or point of law preventing his client's imprisonment.
British /ordinance American a law made by local government that people in a particular area or place must obey: · Fishing on this river is forbidden under a local bylaw.· a city ordinance prohibiting smoking in government buildings
a piece of paper that shows how much you must pay a piece of paper that tells you how much you must pay for services you have received or for work that has been done for you: · Can I have the bill, please?telephone/gas/electricity etc bill: · We've just had a huge telephone bill.pay a bill: · They left the hotel without paying the bill.a bill for £50/$100 etc: · The garage sent me a bill for £400.the bill comes to (=the amount on the bill adds up to): · The bill for the meal came to $75, including wine.
American a piece of paper that tells you how much you must pay in a restaurant: · A waiter came over and handed me the check.pay the check: · Let me pay the check.
informal a bill that is added up at the end of a period of time, showing how much you owe for drinks, food etc: · The bride's father paid the tab for the party.put something on the tab: · He ordered dinner and asked for it to be put on his tab.run up a tab: · In just two days, she'd run up a bar tab of $175.
a bill given to you by a company or organization, which tells you how much you owe them for goods, services or work that they have provided: · You will find the invoice attached to the box.· They sent him an invoice at the end of the month.invoice for £250/$300 etc: · We have received an invoice for $250.
to pay for something to give money in exchange for goods or services: · Several fans tried to get in without paying.· Please pay at the desk.· I need £4.50 to pay the window cleaner.pay for: · Have you paid for the tickets?pay £20/$40 etc for something: · She paid $5,000 for three nights in a hotel in New York City.pay a bill/rent/tax etc: · Tom paid his bill at the cashier's desk.· There was no point in paying rent on an empty apartment for two months.pay cash (=pay using coins, notes etc): · They don't have health insurance, so they have to pay cash for doctor's visits.pay by cheque/credit card etc: · Pay by credit card at least ten days before departure.
if a company or organization meets the cost of something, it pays for it for someone else, especially when they do not have a legal duty to do this: · We will meet the cost of any expenses you may incur when travelling to your interview.meet the cost of of doing something: · A local firm has agreed to meet the cost of sending ten lucky prize-winners on a dream holiday.
to pay for something for someone else, especially when you do not want to or do not think that you should: · It will be, as usual, the taxpayer who will be footing the bill.foot the bill for: · The program asks businesses to foot the bill for daily newspapers in the classroom.
informal to pay a lot of money for something because you have to and not because you want to, especially for something you need: · The policy affects how much we will have to shell out at the petrol station.fork out £100/$10,000/a lot of money etc: · He had to fork out £500 to get his car fixed.· Fans are having to shell out roughly $65 per seat for football games.fork out £100/$20,000/a lot of money etc on somebody/something: · From the time you enroll them in nursery school, you're forking out a fortune on the kids.fork out/shell out for: · $13 seems like a lot of money to shell out for a bottle of wine.
informal to pay money for something, especially money that you owe or that someone has persuaded you to pay: · You owe me twenty pounds. Come on, cough up!cough up £3/$100/a few pence etc: · You have to cough up $2 just to get into the park.
British informal to pay for something, usually when someone else thinks you should: · His dad wouldn't stump up for a new bike.stump up £50/$200/a lot of money etc: · Everybody in the office stumped up a few pounds for his leaving present.
exactly suitable for a particular situation, job, purpose etc exactly suitable: · I moved into a small apartment close to the college - it was just right.just right for: · Your new dress will be just right for the party.just the right colour/size/age etc: · We found a cashmere scarf that was just the right color.· Setting the mood for romance means candlelight and just the right music.
the ideal thing or person is the most suitable one you can possibly choose, when there are many to choose from: · The trip is difficult, even under ideal conditions.· If you could complete the report by Friday, that would be ideal.ideal for: · With its tough suspension and 4-wheel drive, the truck is ideal for driving in the desert.
to be exactly right for a particular job or purpose: · The job is made for someone like you.· In the garden stood an old apple tree with low branches, just made for climbing.
to have exactly the qualities needed to be suitable for a particular job, situation etc: · We know what kind of house we want, but we haven't yet found one that fits the bill.· I need someone who can speak both French and Spanish. Do you know anyone who fits the bill?
WORD SETSauk, nounbald eagle, nounbeak, nounbill, nounbird, nounbirdie, nounbird of paradise, nounbird of passage, nounbird of prey, nounbirdsong, nounblackbird, nounbluebird, nounbluejay, nounbobwhite, nounbreast, nounbuzzard, nouncackle, verbchick, nounclaw, nouncob, nouncock, nouncockerel, nouncockscomb, nouncolouring, nouncondor, nouncoo, verbcoot, nouncormorant, nouncorncrake, nouncrane, nouncrest, nouncrested, adjectivecrop, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcuckoo, nouncurlew, nouncygnet, noundickybird, noundipper, noundive, verbdodo, noundove, noundown, nounduck, nounduckling, nouneagle, nouneaglet, nounegret, nounemu, nounfeather, nounflamingo, nounfledgling, nounflight, nounfly, verbflycatcher, nounfowl, noungander, noungannet, noungizzard, noungobble, verbgobbler, noungolden eagle, noungoldfinch, noungoose, noungrebe, noungrouse, nounguillemot, nounguinea fowl, nounhackles, nounhatch, verbhawk, nounheron, nounhonk, nounhonk, verbhoot, nounhoot, verbhornbill, nounhouse martin, nounhumming bird, nounincubate, verbjackdaw, nounjay, nounkestrel, nounkingfisher, nounkite, nounkiwi, nounlark, nounlay, verblinnet, nounloon, nounlovebird, nounmacaw, nounmagpie, nounmallard, nounmarabou, nounmartin, nounmeadowlark, nounmigrant, nounmockingbird, nounmoorhen, nounmoult, verbmynah bird, nounnest, nounnest, verbnestling, nounnightingale, nounoriole, nounornithologist, nounornithology, nounosprey, nounostrich, nounowl, nounowlet, nounparakeet, nounparrot, nounpartridge, nounpeacock, nounpeafowl, nounpeahen, nounpeck, verbpeck, nounpeewit, nounpelican, nounpenguin, nounperch, nounperch, verbperegrine falcon, nounpetrel, nounpipit, nounplover, nounplumage, nounplume, verbpullet, nounquail, nounquill, nounraven, nounroadrunner, nounrobin, nounrook, nounroost, nounroost, verbrooster, nounruff, nounsandpiper, nounseabird, nounseagull, nounshag, nounsing, verbskylark, nounsnipe, nounsong, nounsongbird, nounsongster, nounsparrow, nounstarling, nounswallow, nounswan, nounswift, nounswoop, verbtalon, nounteal, nountern, nounthrush, nountit, nountoucan, nountrill, nounturkey, nounturtledove, nountwitter, verbvulture, nounwader, nounwagtail, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwater bird, nounwaterfowl, nounwebbed, adjectiveweb-footed, adjectivewhistle, verbwing, nounwinged, adjectivewingspan, nounwingtip, nounwishbone, nounwren, nounyellowhammer, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
padding the bills of Medicare patients The first Transport Act was passed in 1907.
· Most people pay their bills on time.
(=pay it)· She went down to the lobby to settle the bill for their rooms.
(=pay for something, especially when you do not want to)· Taxpayers will probably have to foot the bill.
(=use a lot of something so that you have a big bill to pay)· It’s easy to run up a big bill on your mobile phone.
(=have a lot to pay on a bill)· They were facing a mounting legal bill.
· We need to find a way to cut our fuel bill.
(=is for that amount)· The bill came to $60.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bill· Turn off the lights or we’ll get a huge electricity bill.
· I’ll have to pay the gas bill too next month.
· He paid the hotel bill by credit card.
· There are various ways you can reduce your tax bill.
· She had unpaid bills amounting to £3,000.
(=still unpaid)· He still didn’t have enough to pay his outstanding bills.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=a bill you have to pay for electricity you have used)· I pay my electricity bill by direct debit.
· We are looking at ways of cutting our energy bill.
· Insulating your house will cut your fuel bill.
(=a bill you have to pay for gas you have used)· Household gas bills have increased dramatically.
padding the bills of Medicare patients (=it is made into a law)· The bill was passed by Parliament last May.
(=it goes through the process of being made a law)· The bill is currently going through Parliament.
The first Transport Act was passed in 1907. (=a bill for phone calls)· Our last phone bill was huge.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.· And with a clean bill of health, Granato is promising to be same kind of performer he always was.· A clean bill of health has certainly helped, while the catches, crucially, have been sticking.· If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board.· They gave it a clean bill of health.· Charles ended up with a clean bill of health and a parking ticket.· Still, clean bills of health come easily from an impoverished medical system that revolves around pseudo-medicine and bribes.
· But sometimes a double bill would show at the Ritz and nowhere else.· He guessed they were on their way to Badstoneleigh because of the double bill at the Pavilion.· A double bill in the afternoon.· In the early 1960s one result of shrinking cinema audiences was the Sunday double bill of low budget horror movies.· Now that's a double bill.
· Nevertheless, some private members' bills have been important and become a focus for public attention.· A private member's bill to effect this change was brought forward in late February, 1925.
NOUN· Gomez slid three one-thousand dollar bills from the wallet.· Co., which makes the stock that dollar bills are printed on.· He rolls up a dollar bill, and stares at it as if deliberately recalling something.· Open, it yielded a few dollar bills.· I got an autographed dollar bill and Viral Hepatitis I started bullying her.· Once, he even found a twenty dollar bill.· He hands over one crisp dollar bill and 40,000 sucres in coins and stained notes.· No, there was no wallet with dollar bills.
· On this the farm worker is most scathing: fresh air does not pay his electricity bill.· Margaret had discovered the address from an electricity bill she had found in the laundry.· Voice over Okan, a production engineer, has seen his collection of reptiles grow as has his electricity bill.· People who are behind with their electricity bills could find themselves restricted to a consumption of as little as one kilowatt.· Charges cut ELECTRICITY bills are to be cut by one percent from April.· So lots of tanks, thousands of fish - and huge electricity bills?· If you're worried about electricity bills, turn the monitor off at the end of the day.
· Grants are not available to pay for fuel bills.· There are ways of paying your fuel bills which make budgeting a lot easier.· Like the Picasso, it has five seats, so why put up with the added weight and bigger fuel bills?· You won't notice the difference, but will save 10% on fuel bill.· The system can pinpoint individuals if fuel bills and maintenance charges fall outside the average for their type of car.· They had to take out a loan to pay their last fuel bill.· Two-thirds of the total cited heating and fuel bills in particular as being more expensive than they had anticipated.· In its condensing mode, the unit achieves up to 95% efficiency, contributing to reduced fuel bills.
· If the Government won't boost pensions, can't it help with gas bills and the like?· I got the gas bill and the bill for electricity.· You think to yourself, yes I could get the kids shoes or pay the gas bill.· However, increasing water, electricity and gas bills are adding to production cost pressures, the association says.· She followed her last winter gas bill with a decision to turn off several heaters.· What she couldn't understand was the more she shivered ... the higher the gas bills.· Voice over Meanwhile downstairs neighbour Nikki Davies was delighted with her gas bills.· You can use gas stamps to pay your electricity bill and electricity stamps to pay for your gas bill.
· The phone rings, though, so it looks as if somebody pays the phone bills.· You are required by the District Attorney to provide your phone bills, both business and personal.· For example, competition could cut the size of phone bills and end the imposition of unreasonable bank charges on small businesses.· Customers can pay by credit card or with their monthly phone bill starting next month.· My phone bill can stand it!· Pac Bell has sought to make amends with the Stinsons by agreeing to pay their cellular phone bill.· He stayed for weeks, ran up astronomical phone bills, and then vanished.· Is it not true that too many people have phone bills that are too high?
· On March 19 it passed a regulatory reform bill, which is intended to lighten the weight of government on small businesses.· The question is not whether a reform bill will pass but how strong it will be.· For example, the House leadership may put the Senate welfare reform bill up for a vote.· In 1859 Beresford headed a protest against the Derby ministry's reform bill but did not press his opposition to a vote.· But many of the same provisions remain in the welfare reform bill signed by President Clinton last month.· On Aug. 10 the Chamber of Deputies approved a state reform bill on privatization.· Former colleagues tell me the bipartisan reform bill, sponsored by Sens.
· That means that Londoners will face higher council tax bills.· Parliament is scheduled to review the new tax bill tomorrow.· Having recently paid a larger than expected tax bill, the account is currently empty.· The results would then be totted up every year to produce a tax bill.· With interest and penalties, the tax bill came to just under $ 25, 000.· The cash was promised to local authorities in last year's budget to ease the impact of poll tax bills.· The House version of the tax bill was 1, 379 pages long, the Senate version 1, 580 pages.
· Why would you expect the yield on treasury bills normally to be rather lower than on government bonds? 2.· Investors holding ninety-day Treasury bills experience very small changes in the value of those bills as interest rates fluctuate.· As the volume of Treasury bills declined in the 1970s the discount houses facilitated the rapid growth in the commercial bill market.· During the same period, one-year Treasury bills produced an average annual return of 7. 5 percent.· When college is two to three years away, put additional money into certificates of deposit or Treasury bills for safety.· Calculate the issue price of a 91-day Treasury bill with a par value of 10,000 and a discount rate of 9 percent.· The rate of return on short-term Treasury bills is highly responsive to inflation.
· In the past week or so householders throughout the country have been opening their April water bills and gaping.· In addition to simple rage over the hike in water bills, other issues fueled the recall movement.· Borders businesses are also likely to benefit as a 17 percent reduction in water bills is planned.· The inequities in water bills -- due to the lack of lift charges -- are still with us, he noted.· By militant diktat no Kashmiri pays income or sales tax nor electricity or water bills.· Sewer rates, which are included on water bills, would not be affected.· On the same day a water bill was approved which covered water-related projects in 17 western states.· The city limits encompassed 91 square miles, and the water bill for the average household was $ 8.
· But the Republican governors recoiled from the prospect of reopening the welfare bill for anything.· The current welfare bill includes money for day care.· The president kept the Republicans from including Medicaid in the welfare bill.· But the welfare bill has split the Democratic Party on the eve of its national convention in Chicago.· The goal of the welfare bill is to devolve power and responsibilty to the states.
VERB· In November 1991 the House of Representatives had approved the bill by 409 votes to 21.· The House has already approved an immigration bill that includes an amendment sponsored by Rep.· On Dec. 30 the Majlis approved a bill allowing defendants the right to legal representation in court.· The House will likely approve a single bill containing controls on both legal and illegal immigration.· On Aug. 10 the Chamber of Deputies approved a state reform bill on privatization.· Lawmakers approved a bill repealing the tax in 1979, but Gov.· The Supreme Soviet failed twice more to approve the bill before the successful vote on May 20.
· That means that Londoners will face higher council tax bills.· Against this income stream, Flynn faced mounting tuition bills, which averaged $ 29, 328 annually over 11 years.· This left the couple facing a bill for professional costs through no fault of their own.· If you own sale falls through you may face a hefty interest bill.· He faces a total bill of £2,255.· Now he faces the bill and mounting costs.· Ratepayers face a £40, bill for the case brought against the council - and which it won.
· It is the one construction which will fill the bill exactly.· It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.· And certainly, Peter Weiss' Marat-Sade fills the bill for audience and company alike.· In the end, only some form of income subsidy will fill that bill.· In lieu of real out-of-town travel, Kingfisher fills the bill nicely.· For many of these postindustrial wanderers, the primal quality of pentecostal worship seemed to fill the bill.· Had she been a man, his dear friend Aspasia could have filled the bill.· Luckily, Colossal still fills the bill.
· John Bowes perfectly fits that bill.· And the martini fits the bill?· A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.· The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.· Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.· There were of course other ways in which Worldwide Plaza fit the bill very well.· If you truly can not find a newsgroup that fits the bill, you can always start your own.· On the surface, taxing international air travel fits the bill perfectly because it carries little apparent political pain.
· But, though local firms contributed, the public still footed much of the bill.· The National Science Foundation, which was footing the bill, decided to hire an independent contractor to complete the project.· If taxpayers footed the bill, those costs might well be higher.· If the project would cause damage, then the developer would have to foot the bill himself.· It follows talks with some of the unhappy policyholders without guaranteed annuities who will have to foot some of the bill.· The International Olympic Committee probably would foot the repair bill, and the international track federation would pay travel costs.· Gloucestershire County Council is footing the bill.· But the prospect of having to foot another bill for Aryanised assets has sparked some ugly reactions.
· In the autumn of 1984 I introduced a bill to bring the first pension reforms into effect.· He introduced a bill to legalize abortion two years before Roe v. Wade.· If the state bar decides against a complete ban, Miss Roybal-Allard may introduce a new bill requiring it to have one.· Like many other states, Arizona has introduced bills to regulate HMOs in an effort to protect those enrolled in the plans.· Though no progress was made when Henry Wilson introduced a bill in 1896, there was growing police backing for legislation.· Y., has introduced a bill to ban federal funds from being spent on programs that teach ebonics as a language.· At least 20 states have introduced bills to change that.· The majority Nationalists introduced an alternative tax bill Tuesday to block the opposition bill.
· On March 19 it passed a regulatory reform bill, which is intended to lighten the weight of government on small businesses.· Soon after his announcement the House passed the bill, 328-101, and the Senate was expected to approve it Thursday.· If passed the bill would effectively bar Hindus from converting mosques into temples.· In 1994, the California legislature passed a bill to permit physicians to prescribe marijuana.· The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill on Dec. 8 requiring parental consent for unmarried girls under 18 to have abortions.· Moreover, the most important legislation for bond market investors -- the 1996 budget bill -- has already been passed.· Congress, pass my comprehensive crime bill.· The Senate has passed a similar bill, which will be combined with the House version.
· Now they have to spend their mornings planning budgets and their afternoons paying bills.· Several pioneering journalists had taken this step and then paid the bill by writing self-congratulatory accounts of their daring.· And the faithful still see annexation as one way to pay that bill -- and no proof it will work is required.· Josie was sitting at the table with an open cheque book in front of her, paying bills.· But something more was going on than just paying bills.· There are ways of paying your fuel bills which make budgeting a lot easier.· And then, it must figure out how to pay the bill.
· They just send the bill and the army pays.· Republicans estimate this change would send monthly bills up by about $ 10 by 2002.· Did the Handsome Prince send Rapunzel a bill for a cut and blow dry?· The panel will try to smooth out differences between the measures, then send a final bill to both chambers for approval.· It is too complicated to send large numbers of bills over to their accountant every day.· The providers of those services would stay in private business but would no longer send bills to myriad insurers and government agencies.· Darlington Borough Council staff have sent out more than 70,000 bills which are expected to arrive today and tomorrow.· Then I sent in my bill.
· Please that this letter as confirmation that Oxford University Press will be settling their bills for room and breakfast.· It turned out he wanted me to settle my bill.· But then there was nothing left to pay the drivers or to settle the mounting bills.· But carrying large amounts of foreign currency to settle the bills is anything but a joy.· When I got back he was at the cashier's desk settling the bill.· I settled the bill - a pretty useful one, what with the line of brandies I had moodily consumed.· You pick up your gear and you settle your bill.· He settles all their Mess bills and buys them lavish presents.
· Bush promised to sign the bill without delay.· President Bush has indicated he would sign the bill.· The captain then signs the bills of lading and precedes his signature with a statement that shipment is subject to charter party conditions.· When he signed the bill, Clinton said he would fight this year to restore benefits for legal immigrants.· Everything is signed Your bill is then settled the evening before you leave the ship.· The center said the loan had a favorable interest rate and came two weeks after President Clinton signed a bill NationsBank supported.· Governor William Donald Schaefer signed the bill into law within hours of its enactment by the House.· But Clinton insisted those provisions be taken out before he signed the bill, she said.
· Tom Jones is topping the bill and among others, Joe Longthorne is guesting.· Liberal chums tell me that old, white, military men top the bill.· They're topping the bill in the Central Match Live which kicks off at ten to three.· Pickled cucumbers and beetroot and horseradish sauce topped the bill.
· The difference is that last year George Bush promised to veto the bill, and did so.· Clinton vetoed the bill after being lobbied by trial lawyers, but Congress overrode the veto.· The Republican governor, Arne Carlson, has promised to veto the bill.· Clinton already has vetoed one farm bill contained in omnibus balanced-budget legislation.· Accordingly, on Oct. 22, Bush carried out his threat to veto the bill.· But if Clinton vetoes the spending bill because of other disagreements, the Headwaters purchase becomes far less certain this year.· He denied allegations that a threatened boycott of Idaho potatoes by pro-choice advocates had influenced his decision to veto the bill.· But Clinton said he vetoed that bill, partly because Republicans removed restrictions on corporate raids on pension funds.
· Lawmakers initially had been scheduled to vote on the bill Friday, but postponed the balloting for lack of sufficient votes.· But will he vote against the mastectomy bill?· John Vasconcellos, D-San Jose, voted for the bill while urging the state to follow through with a job-creation program.· The education measure disturbed Bryant enough that he voted against the bill in its final form.· Dole voted against the bill on the ground that it contained $ 5 billion in wasteful social spending.· I will vote against the bill and I know there are others who will vote like me.· Connie Mack, R-Fla., as the Senate voted 74-22 for the bill.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► sign a bill/legislation/agreement into law
1request for payment a written list showing how much you have to pay for services you have received, work that has been done etcbill for- But Jim says the Minister asked for extras which added nearly £20,000 to the bill.
- Did she suspect I had no money to pay the bill?
- Keith Cowie's work fits the bill on all counts.
- Lawmakers initially had been scheduled to vote on the bill Friday, but postponed the balloting for lack of sufficient votes.
- The education measure disturbed Bryant enough that he voted against the bill in its final form.
- The strength of the argument for splitting the bill is evident in the reaction of the two Republican senators from Texas.
- There was strong opposition in Washington to the many generous provisions of the bill.
- They were standing at the desk by now and the girl was working on the bill.
- A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
- And the martini fits the bill?
- But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
- It is revealing, therefore, to see what sort of people are thought to fit the bill in these places.
- It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.
- Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
- The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
- The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
- Maddox was given a clean bill of health by his doctor.
- If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board.
- The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.
- They gave it a clean bill of health.
- Three months after the operation, the doctors gave her a clean bill of health.
- And with a clean bill of health, Granato is promising to be same kind of performer he always was.
- Charles ended up with a clean bill of health and a parking ticket.
- If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board.
- The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.
- They gave it a clean bill of health.
- And certainly, Peter Weiss' Marat-Sade fills the bill for audience and company alike.
- Another thing was that most of the Republicans who might have filled the bill lived in the suburbs.
- For many of these postindustrial wanderers, the primal quality of pentecostal worship seemed to fill the bill.
- Had she been a man, his dear friend Aspasia could have filled the bill.
- In lieu of real out-of-town travel, Kingfisher fills the bill nicely.
- It is the one construction which will fill the bill exactly.
- It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.
- Luckily, Colossal still fills the bill.
- I need someone who can speak both French and Spanish. Do you know anyone who fits the bill?
- We know what kind of house we want, but we haven't yet found one that fits the bill.
- We wanted an experienced journalist, and Watts fit the bill.
- A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
- And the martini fits the bill?
- But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
- Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
- Only the Lockheed Hercules would fit the bill.
- The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
- The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
- There were of course other ways in which Worldwide Plaza fit the bill very well.
- It will be, as usual, the taxpayer who will be footing the bill.
- The program asks businesses to foot the bill for daily newspapers in the classroom.
- Airlines currently foot the bill for the security systems.
- Her father is footing the bill for lessons, which cost about $ 100 for two hours.
- If taxpayers footed the bill, those costs might well be higher.
- Individuals in dysfunctional environments often be-come dysfunctional in other aspects of their lives, with their organizations ultimately footing the bill.
- It has already been argued in some detail that foot the bill is semantically transparent.
- Many customers will have to foot the bill for water meters, which most companies will eventually install.
- Sometimes they came alone, sometimes with a man in tow - to foot the bill!
- These two mindless cads decided to bring the girl along to the East and have her foot the bill.
- The company's picking up the bill for my trip to Hawaii.
- After its shareholder equity turned negative last year, parent Dasa started picking up the bills.
- But remember - raid your savings now and Santa won't pick up the bill.
- Everything depended on contributors picking up the bill in ten, twenty or thirty years.
- I wonder to myself as I pick up the tab for breakfast.
- In addition, my company will pick up the tab for all legal and moving expenses.
- Often, the book publisher, not the author, picks up the tab.
- There is a growing, often unstated, anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services.
- When the check comes, the lobbyists almost always pick up the tab.
- For Gieves the tailors, the extent to which clients indulged in running up bills regardless had become extremely serious.
- Having run up a debt of over £100,000, they're unlikely to be forgotten by Virgin Records in a hurry.
- He spent 3 months there, running up bills of £30,000, as yet unpaid.
- If my neighbours ran up a bill and refused to pay we would not be expected to pay it.
- It became a more serious potential debt trap than running up bills at retailers.
- Model customers run up bills and pay in installments, with the high interest that makes the business so lucrative.
- The problem of running up debts to pay for the elderly is straight-forward.
- They continue to run up bills and never build equity in their house.
- At that time, Dole voted to table a measure that would have negated the Supreme Court ruling.
- Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
- For example, by the drinks table Bill Muggeridge seemed to be trying to make up to Mrs Crumwallis.
The bill for the repairs came to $650. Have you paid the phone bill?2restaurant especially British English a list showing how much you have to pay for food you have eaten in a restaurant SYN check American English: Could we have the bill, please?3law a written proposal for a new law, that is brought to a parliament so that it can be discussedapprove/pass/veto a bill The House of Representatives passed a new gun-control bill. The senator introduced a bill that would increase the minimum wage.4money American English a piece of paper money SYN note British English: a five-dollar bill5fit/fill the bill to be exactly what you need: This car fits the bill perfectly. It’s cheap and gets good mileage.6concert/show etc a programme of entertainment at a theatre, concert, cinema etc, with details of who is performing, what is being shown etc: Tricia topped the bill (=was the most important performer) at the Children’s Variety Show.7give somebody/something a clean bill of health to officially state that someone is in good health or that something is working correctly: Maddox was given a clean bill of health.8bird a bird’s beak9advertisement a printed notice advertising an event10part of a hat American English the front part that sticks out on a hat such as a baseball cap11the (old) bill British English spoken the policeCOLLOCATIONSverbspay a bill· Most people pay their bills on time.settle a bill (=pay it)· She went down to the lobby to settle the bill for their rooms.foot the bill/pick up the bill (=pay for something, especially when you do not want to)· Taxpayers will probably have to foot the bill.run up a bill (=use a lot of something so that you have a big bill to pay)· It’s easy to run up a big bill on your mobile phone.face a bill (=have a lot to pay on a bill)· They were facing a mounting legal bill.cut/reduce a bill· We need to find a way to cut our fuel bill.a bill comes to something (=is for that amount)· The bill came to $60.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + billa big/huge bill· Turn off the lights or we’ll get a huge electricity bill.an electricity/gas/phone etc bill· I’ll have to pay the gas bill too next month.a hotel bill· He paid the hotel bill by credit card.a tax bill· There are various ways you can reduce your tax bill.an unpaid bill· She had unpaid bills amounting to £3,000.an outstanding bill (=still unpaid)· He still didn’t have enough to pay his outstanding bills.THESAURUSbill a piece of paper that tells you how much you must pay: · Many families are struggling to pay their bills.· a credit card bill· We got a huge phone bill.· I asked the waiter to bring me the bill.check American English a bill that tells you how much you must pay in a restaurant: · Can I have the check, please?invoice a document that lists the goods that a company has sent, or the services they have provided, and tells you how much you must pay. It is often sent from one company to another company: · Payment is due ten days after receipt of the invoice.tab informal a bill that is added up at the end of a period of time, especially for food or drinks that you have had in a restaurant or hotel: · People staying in the hotel can order food or drinks to be put on their tab.bill1 nounbill2 verb
billbill2 verb VERB TABLE
bill
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | bill |
| he, she, it | bills | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | billed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have billed |
| he, she, it | has billed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had billed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bill |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have billed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am billing |
| he, she, it | is billing | |
| you, we, they | are billing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was billing |
| you, we, they | were billing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been billing |
| he, she, it | has been billing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been billing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be billing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been billing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- One lobbyist billed the environmental group $20,000 for nine-months' work.
- Some lawyers bill clients up to $300 an hour.
- But Marsha is billed $ 578 a month for his bed, board and treatment.
- Despite being billed as the next big thing, huge contracts and catwalk shows failed to materialise.
- In New York, my pharmacist bills Medicaid directly.
- Some consumers are offered one-year subscriptions and then are billed for two years.
Longman Language Activatorto tell someone in writing how much they should pay you
to send someone a document showing how much money they must pay you, for goods or services they have received: · Some lawyers bill clients up to $300 an hour.bill somebody for something: · One lobbyist billed the environmental group $20,000 for nine-months' work.
if a company or organization invoices you, they send you a bill showing how much you have to pay for goods and services they have provided: · You will be invoiced as soon as the work is completed.invoice somebody for something: · The company invoiced us for the cost of using their conference hall.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES padding the bills of Medicare patients The first Transport Act was passed in 1907.
(=a bill you have to pay for electricity you have used)· I pay my electricity bill by direct debit.
· We are looking at ways of cutting our energy bill.
· Insulating your house will cut your fuel bill.
(=a bill you have to pay for gas you have used)· Household gas bills have increased dramatically.
padding the bills of Medicare patients (=it is made into a law)· The bill was passed by Parliament last May.
(=it goes through the process of being made a law)· The bill is currently going through Parliament.
The first Transport Act was passed in 1907. (=a bill for phone calls)· Our last phone bill was huge.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· For example, telephone charges are normally billed to customers every quarter in retrospect.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► sign a bill/legislation/agreement into law
1[transitive] to send someone a bill: - On 20 April 1871 he was billed to speak in Whitehaven, on the Cumberland coast.
- Ulster Unionist leader Jim Molyneaux is billed to speak at two conference fringe meetings.
- Immediately the pigeons began to strut and flutter out, billing and cooing with pleasure.
- In August, however, she and Andrew were billing and cooing about each other in Hello! magazine.
- One is the Prime Minister, who now bills and coos where she used to bellow.
- With wheedling beaks, her brilliant needles bill and coo.
- Three months after the operation, the doctors gave her a clean bill of health.
- And with a clean bill of health, Granato is promising to be same kind of performer he always was.
- Charles ended up with a clean bill of health and a parking ticket.
- If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board.
- The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.
- They gave it a clean bill of health.
- And certainly, Peter Weiss' Marat-Sade fills the bill for audience and company alike.
- Another thing was that most of the Republicans who might have filled the bill lived in the suburbs.
- For many of these postindustrial wanderers, the primal quality of pentecostal worship seemed to fill the bill.
- Had she been a man, his dear friend Aspasia could have filled the bill.
- In lieu of real out-of-town travel, Kingfisher fills the bill nicely.
- It is the one construction which will fill the bill exactly.
- It just happened that Bobby filled the bill in this case.
- Luckily, Colossal still fills the bill.
- I need someone who can speak both French and Spanish. Do you know anyone who fits the bill?
- We know what kind of house we want, but we haven't yet found one that fits the bill.
- We wanted an experienced journalist, and Watts fit the bill.
- A floral design with a Regency stripe background, for example, fits the bill perfectly.
- And the martini fits the bill?
- But it also fits the bill because people could order their favorite liquor.
- Many other jobs get handed out simply because a minister happens to know some one who might fit the bill.
- Only the Lockheed Hercules would fit the bill.
- The fact that she and Hugh happened to fit the bill seemed to give her every opportunity for finding out.
- The martini perfectly fits the bill because of its simplicity.
- There were of course other ways in which Worldwide Plaza fit the bill very well.
- It will be, as usual, the taxpayer who will be footing the bill.
- The program asks businesses to foot the bill for daily newspapers in the classroom.
- Airlines currently foot the bill for the security systems.
- Her father is footing the bill for lessons, which cost about $ 100 for two hours.
- If taxpayers footed the bill, those costs might well be higher.
- Individuals in dysfunctional environments often be-come dysfunctional in other aspects of their lives, with their organizations ultimately footing the bill.
- It has already been argued in some detail that foot the bill is semantically transparent.
- Many customers will have to foot the bill for water meters, which most companies will eventually install.
- Sometimes they came alone, sometimes with a man in tow - to foot the bill!
- These two mindless cads decided to bring the girl along to the East and have her foot the bill.
- The company's picking up the bill for my trip to Hawaii.
- After its shareholder equity turned negative last year, parent Dasa started picking up the bills.
- But remember - raid your savings now and Santa won't pick up the bill.
- Everything depended on contributors picking up the bill in ten, twenty or thirty years.
- I wonder to myself as I pick up the tab for breakfast.
- In addition, my company will pick up the tab for all legal and moving expenses.
- Often, the book publisher, not the author, picks up the tab.
- There is a growing, often unstated, anticipation that the private sector will pick up the bill for public services.
- When the check comes, the lobbyists almost always pick up the tab.
- For Gieves the tailors, the extent to which clients indulged in running up bills regardless had become extremely serious.
- Having run up a debt of over £100,000, they're unlikely to be forgotten by Virgin Records in a hurry.
- He spent 3 months there, running up bills of £30,000, as yet unpaid.
- If my neighbours ran up a bill and refused to pay we would not be expected to pay it.
- It became a more serious potential debt trap than running up bills at retailers.
- Model customers run up bills and pay in installments, with the high interest that makes the business so lucrative.
- The problem of running up debts to pay for the elderly is straight-forward.
- They continue to run up bills and never build equity in their house.
- At that time, Dole voted to table a measure that would have negated the Supreme Court ruling.
- Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
- For example, by the drinks table Bill Muggeridge seemed to be trying to make up to Mrs Crumwallis.
Clients will be billed monthly.bill somebody for something I was billed for equipment that I didn’t order.2 be billed to do something if someone is billed to appear, perform etc somewhere, it has been planned and advertised that they will do this: Johnson was billed to speak at two conferences.3bill and coo old-fashioned to kiss and talk softlybill something as something phrasal verb to advertise or describe something in a particular way: The castle bills itself as the oldest in England.