Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
bill
bill UK US [bɪl] noun [ bills ]
REQUEST FOR PAYMENT
1. <E > countable or only singular a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it is written • an electricity/gas/phone bill • They sent us a bill for the work they had done. • She ran up(= caused herself to have) a huge phone bill talking to her boyfriend for hours. • They asked the waitress for the bill. • Could we have the bill, please? • Her mother agreed to foot(= pay) the bill. See picture Thesaurus+: ↑Accounting↑Bills and invoices
• The bill must be paid in full by the end of the month. • There is a 10% service charge included in the bill. • They want to talk to you in connection with an unpaid tax bill. • If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be cut off. • I checked the bill and realized the restaurant had charged me £5 too much.
LAW
2. <I > countable a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed before being voted on • The bill was amended(= changed). • When a bill is passed in parliament it becomes law. • informal The bill was thrown out(= did not go past the first stage of discussion and will not become law). Thesaurus+: ↑Legislation and law-making
• The bill was defeated in the Commons by 249 votes to 131. • An amendment to the bill was agreed without a vote. • The opposition was in full cry in Parliament last night over the proposed changes to the education bill. • Politicians tried to dress up the bill as a bold new strategy for combatting poverty. • He is unlikely to succeed in getting his bill through Congress, however worthy it is.
MONEY 3. countable mainly US ( UK usually note ) a piece of paper money • a dollar/one-dollar bill • a ten-dollar bill See also billfold See picture Thesaurus+: ↑Forms of money and methods of payment
1. transitive to give or send someone a bill asking for money that they owe for a product or service • Please bill me for any expenses you incur. Thesaurus+: ↑Accounting↑Bills and invoices
