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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 |
adjective + (n.)bill
bipartisan, civil, clean, comprehensive, congressional, crisp, crumpled, electric, folded, hefty, medical, minimum, monthly, overdue, proposed, representative, spending, supplemental, sweeping, unpaid
verb + (n.)bill
amend,
approve,
craft,
debate,
defeat,
draft,
enact,
endorse,
fit,
foot,
hand,
introduce,
lobby,
oppose,
pass,
pay,
peel,
sign,
sponsor,
stuff,
submit,
veto,
vetoes,
vote
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(n.)bill
+ verb
authorize, ban, exempt, outlaw, pile, prohibit, propose, repeal, restrict, stall
noun + (n.)bill
abortion,
amendment,
appropriation,
authorization,
bailout,
bankruptcy,
budget,
co-sponsor,
coin,
compromise,
credit,
credit-card,
crime,
dollar,
electricity,
energy,
farm,
finance,
funding,
grocery,
health-care,
heating,
homeland,
immigration,
insurance,
lawmaker,
leave,
legislation,
legislator,
legislature,
lobbyist,
mortgage,
omnibus,
passage,
phone,
pork,
prescription,
proponent,
provision,
quota,
reauthorization,
reconciliation,
reform,
rent,
repair,
signing,
spending,
stack,
stimulus,
supporter,
tax,
taxpayer,
tobacco,
transportation,
tuition,
utility,
version,
veto,
visa,
vote,
wad,
welfare,
yield
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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 |
(v.)bill
+ noun
client, hour
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| derivation: |
billable (adj.) |
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