bill meaning

• Noun: bill  bil
  1. A statute in draft before it becomes law
     "they held a public hearing on the bill"
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  Verb: bill  bil
  1. Demand payment
     "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
     - charge 
  2. Advertise especially by posters or placards
     "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso" 
  3. Publicize or announce by placards
     - placard

  Derived forms: bills, billing, billed

  Type of: account, ad, advert, advertise, advertisement, advertising, advertize [US, non-standard], advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard], brim, calculate, financial statement, folding money, instrument, legal document, legal instrument, list, listing, mouth, official document, paper currency, paper money, post, program, programme [Brit, Cdn], promote, push, saw, sign, statement

  Part of: baseball cap, bird, golf cap, jockey cap, kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap

  Encyclopedia: Bill, Terrance and Fosse Bill, Bulk and the Body Buddies Bill Bill, Wyoming Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster Bill, the Galactic Hero Bill, candy store owner

• 
  [American slang]
  n. paper money; a bill. (California.)
  • Do you have any billies on you?
  • Nope, no billies on me.
  
  
• 
  [Business]
  noun, verb

  ■ noun [C]

  BANK BILL, COMMERCIAL BILL, DUE BILL, PERIOD BILL, SIGHT BILL, T-BILL, TERM BILL, TRADE BILL, TREASURY BILL, USANCE BILL, WAGE BILL, WAGES BILL

  1

  a piece of paper that shows how much you owe sb for goods and services; the amount of money that you owe:

  The company could now face higher fuel bills.

  I've just got a huge tax bill. See note at INVOICE

  a big/high/huge/large bill

  ◆ a monthly/quarterly/weekly bill

  ◆ outstanding/unpaid bills

  ◆ to face/get/receive/send (out) a bill

  ◆ to pay/settle a bill

  2 (especially BrE) (AmE usually check)

  a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant; the amount that you must pay:

  Can I have the bill, please?

  Our hosts insisted on picking up the bill (= paying) for the meal. See note at INVOICE

  a big/huge/large bill

  ◆ to ask for/have/pay/settle the bill

  3 (especially AmE) = NOTE (1):

  a ten-dollar bill

  4 (Finance ; Trade ) (BrE) = BILL OF EXCHANGE

  ⇨ CLEAN adj., FOOT verb

  ■ verb [+ obj]

  1

  to send sb a bill for sth:

  You will be billed monthly for the service.

  ⇨ INVOICE verb

  2

  to advertise or describe sb/sth in a particular way:

  It is billed as the world's smallest video camera.

• 
  [Defence]
  A ship’s publication listing operational or administrative procedures.
  (JP 3-04.1)

[Design engineering]
One blade of a pair of scissors.
• 
  [Economics]
  1) A short-term financial instrument used by agencies, firms, or government.

  2) Short for bill of exchange.

• 
  [Law]
  n. A draft of a proposed Act of Parliament, which must (normally) be passed by both Houses before becoming an Act. Bills are either public or private, and the procedure governing their passing by Parliament depends basically on this distinction. In general, a public Bill is one relating to matters of general concern; it is introduced by the government or by a private member (private member's Bill). In the House of Commons the government sets aside certain Fridays for debate on private member's Bills,and a ballot at the beginning of each session of Parliament determines the members whose Bills are to have priority on those days. A private member's Bill that is not supported by the government stands little chance of successfully completing all stages and becoming an Act. The government sometimes prefers a private member to sponsor a particularly controversial Bill that they themselves support; for example, the Abortion Act 1967was introduced by a private member (David Steel) and was successful because it had the support of the government of the day. A public Bill, unless predominantly financial, can be introduced in either House (less controversial Bills are introduced in the Lords first). The Bill is presented by the minister or other member in charge, passed by being read three times, and then sent to the other House. Its first reading is a formality, but it is debated on second and third readings, between which it goes through a Committee stage and a Report stage during which amendments may be made. A Bill that has not become an Act by the end of the session lapses; if reintroduced in a subsequent session, it must go through all stages again.
  A private Bill is one designed to benefit a particular person, local authority, or other body, by whom it is presented. It is introduced on a petition by the promoter, which is preceded by public advertisement and by notice to those directly affected. Its Committee stage in the first House is conducted before a small group of members, and evidence for and against it is heard. Thereafter, it follows the procedure for public Bills.
  A hybrid Bill is a government bill that is purely local or personal in character and affects only one of a number of interests in the same class. For example, a government Bill to nationalize one only of several private-sector airlines would be hybrid. A hybrid Bill proceeds as a public Bill until after second reading in the first House, after which it is treated similarly to a private Bill.
  bill
  n. 1. Any of various written instruments; for example, a bill of exchange, a bill of indictment, or a bill of lading.
  2. A written account of money owed; for example, a bill of costs.

• (the) bill:    [British slang]Nou ...
• bill as:    bill sb/sth as sth ...
• t-bill:    Noun: T-billA shor ...

Examples

1. the mp moved an amendment to the bill.
2. i asked your father to put his name to a bill.
3. his bill should have been forty-five dollars.
4. i paid my bill and have several pounds over ..
5. the bill was read without a division.