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paper billnoun1A bill for goods or services in paper form, as opposed to one that is delivered electronically: many companies are now charging to send paper bills...- The only suggestion they could give me was to contact one of my utility companies, and ask them to send me a paper bill.
- I also asked why there was no mention of this program on the paper bill I had received in the mail.
- Instead of receiving a traditional paper bill at your house, you receive an e-mail telling you that a new bill is now available online.
1.1A bill for having newspapers delivered: he paid the paper bill on his way back from the post office...- Then with the rest of the cash he paid Brenda's weekly paper bill.
- I am very restricted in my movements, but I can get round the supermarket while they go and pay my paper bill.
- I've sorted your paper bill.
2North American A banknote: she has found money—dimes and quarters, but also paper bills...- He trades the neat piles of coins with paper bills from the cash register.
- He hands her paper bills that he hopes will tide everything over in the household.
- The reason we went there initially was because I wanted to see how they got around the logistical problem of only having one and two dollar coins, and no paper bills.
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