bill (verb)
21bill*/*/*/ — [bɪl] noun [C] I 1) a written statement that shows how much money you owe for goods or services that you have received a telephone bill[/ex] I always pay my bills on time.[/ex] I wonder what the bill for the repairs will be?[/ex] 2) a piece of… …
22bill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. score, reckoning; invoice, statement, dun; account, charges; [bank]note, greenback; beak. See accounting, money, price, legality, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A statement of account] Syn. invoice …
23bill as — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bill as : present tense I/you/we/they bill as he/she/it bills as present participle billing as past tense billed as past participle billed as be billed as something to advertise or describe someone or… …
24bill — A complaint in suit in equity; a document in the form of a law, presented to the legislature for enactment; a denomination of paper money; a bank note; a handbill given to pedestrians on the street or passed out door to door in residential… …
25fill the bill — verb be what is needed or be good enough for what is required Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration? • Syn: ↑fit the bill • Hypernyms: ↑meet, ↑fit, ↑conform to • Verb Frames …
26fit the bill — verb be what is needed or be good enough for what is required Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration? • Syn: ↑fill the bill • Hypernyms: ↑meet, ↑fit, ↑conform to • Verb Frames …
27fill the bill — verb To satisfy a need; to serve a purpose; to fulfill specified requirements. Youve got a head on your shoulders, you have! I guess youll fill the bill …
28sell someone a bill of goods — verb To deceive or cheat someone. He showed no knowledge of his subject, McCarran told newsmen. . . . Someone must have sold him a bill of goods. Syn: misinform …
29bulk bill — verb To charge the government for medical expenses incurred at a general practitioner …
30commit a bill — verb To refer or entrust a piece of legislation to a committee (or others) to be considered and reported …
