bill
♦♦ bill /b'ɪl/ (bills billing billed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
They couldn't afford to pay the bills...
He paid his bill for the newspapers promptly.
...phone bills.
2 [VERB] no cont, V n for n, also V n
If you bill someone for goods or services you have provided them with, you give or send them a bill stating how much money they owe you for these goods or services.
Are you going to bill me for this?
3 [N-SING] the N
The bill in a restaurant is a piece of paper on which the price of the meal you have just eaten is written and which you are given before you pay. (BRIT; in AM, use check)
4 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A bill is a piece of paper money. (AM; in BRIT, use note)
...a large quantity of US dollar bills.
5 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu with supp
In government, a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on.
This is the toughest crime bill that Congress has passed in a decade...
The bill was approved by a large majority.
6 [N-SING]
The bill of a show or concert is a list of the entertainers who will take part in it.
7 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to-inf
If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it.
She was billed to play the Red Queen in Snow White.
● billing [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
...their quarrels over star billing.
8 [VERB] V n as n
If you bill a person or event as a particular thing, you advertise them in a way that makes people think they have particular qualities or abilities.
They bill it as Britain's most exciting museum.
9 [N-COUNT]
A bird's bill is its beak.
10
see also Private Member's Bill
11 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees.
12 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?bill of fare (bills of fare)
[N-COUNT]
The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat. (OLD-FASHIONED)
= menudou|ble bill (double bills)
also double-bill
[N-COUNT] oft N of n
A double bill is a theatre or cinema performance in which there are two shows on the programme.
1 [N-COUNT]
A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
They couldn't afford to pay the bills...
He paid his bill for the newspapers promptly.
...phone bills.
2 [VERB] no cont, V n for n, also V n
If you bill someone for goods or services you have provided them with, you give or send them a bill stating how much money they owe you for these goods or services.
Are you going to bill me for this?
3 [N-SING] the N
The bill in a restaurant is a piece of paper on which the price of the meal you have just eaten is written and which you are given before you pay. (BRIT; in AM, use check)
4 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
A bill is a piece of paper money. (AM; in BRIT, use note)
...a large quantity of US dollar bills.
5 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu with supp
In government, a bill is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on.
This is the toughest crime bill that Congress has passed in a decade...
The bill was approved by a large majority.
6 [N-SING]
The bill of a show or concert is a list of the entertainers who will take part in it.
7 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to-inf
If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it.
She was billed to play the Red Queen in Snow White.
● billing [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp
...their quarrels over star billing.
8 [VERB] V n as n
If you bill a person or event as a particular thing, you advertise them in a way that makes people think they have particular qualities or abilities.
They bill it as Britain's most exciting museum.
9 [N-COUNT]
A bird's bill is its beak.
10
see also Private Member's Bill
11 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees.
12 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?bill of fare (bills of fare)
[N-COUNT]
The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat. (OLD-FASHIONED)
= menudou|ble bill (double bills)
also double-bill
[N-COUNT] oft N of n
A double bill is a theatre or cinema performance in which there are two shows on the programme.