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- pronunciation:
- bIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a written statement listing items or services and their cost.
Let's ask the waiter for the bill.I pay the electric bill monthly.
- synonyms:
- check, chit, invoice, statement, tab
- similar words:
- account payable, charge, cost, expense, fee, liability, reckoning, record, tabulation, tally
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definition 2: |
a list of particulars, such as a menu, theater program, or outline of a plan.
- synonyms:
- agenda, docket, list, playbill, program, schedule
- similar words:
- calendar, catalogue, prospectus, roster
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definition 3: |
a piece of paper money.
a ten-dollar bill
- synonyms:
- certificate, greenback, note
- similar words:
- currency, legal tender, money, silver certificate, tender
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definition 4: |
a proposed law to be considered by a legislative body.
- similar words:
- act, law, legislation, plan, proposal, statute
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related words: |
account, carriage, check, debt, price, program |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
bills, billing, billed |
definition 1: |
to present an (invoice or statement of costs) to.
- synonyms:
- charge, invoice
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definition 2: |
to enter, list, or make (a statement of costs) for.
- synonyms:
- enter, list, tabulate, tally
- similar words:
- inventory, reckon, schedule, total
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definition 3: |
to advertise by public notice or announcement.
They billed her as the star of the play.- synonyms:
- advertise, announce
- similar words:
- present, publicize
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related words: |
advertise, charge, tout |
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derivation: |
billable (adj.) |
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