bill

See also Bill

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪl/
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Noun

Singular bill

Plural bills

1. (countable) A bill is a piece of paper money; a banknote.

   I paid for my sandwich using a twenty-dollar bill.

2. (countable) A bill is a piece of paper telling you what other people have done for you and how much you owe them.

   "Ask the waitress if we can have the "bill" now."

3. (countable) A bird's bill is its beak (the hard mouth part).

   The toucan is known for its colorful bill.

4. (countable) A bill is a proposed law.

   The bill passed the Senate.

• 

  This duck has an orange bill

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  A dollar bill

Synonyms

• law
• (paper money) banknote, note
• (piece of paper) check
• (beak) beak

See also

• coin

Verb

Plain form bill

Third-person singular bills

Past tense billed

Past participle billed

Present participle billing

1. (transitive) If you bill someone, you give or send them a bill.

   The shop billed me $100 for tickets.

2. (transitive) If you bill a person or an event, you announce them.

   He was billed as "The Great Houdini".

Synonyms

• (send a bill) charge
• (announce) promote, present, introduce