📒 a document that shows how much you owe somebody for goods or services
- the phone/electricity/gas bill
- He is facing a huge tax bill.
- She always pays her bills on time.
📒 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.
- Could we have the bill, please?
- the gas bill
📒 a piece of paper money
📒 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/oppose a bill
- Congress passed the energy bill last month.
- Republicans said they would support the bill.
📒 a programme of entertainment at a theatre, etc.
- a horror double bill (= two horror films shown one after the other)
- Topping the bill (= the most important performer) is violinist Joshua Bell.
- Mozart is on the bill this evening.
📒 a notice in a public place to advertise an event
- Post no bills (= a notice warning people not to stick bills in a particular place).
📒 the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird’s mouth
📒 having the type of bill mentioned
📒 the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes
📒 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.
📒 to be what is needed in a particular situation or for a particular purpose
- On paper, several of the applicants fit the bill.
📒 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?