noun A request for payment, listing what is owed for goods or services.
- When the bill arrived, we split it equally between the four of us.
- The waiter brought the bill after dessert.
- She pays her electricity bill online every month.
noun A proposed law presented to a legislature for debate and approval.
- Members of parliament will vote on the bill next week.
- The bill was amended several times before it became law.
- The senator introduced a bill to reform healthcare funding.
noun A piece of paper currency.
- He paid for the coffee with a ten-dollar bill.
- She found a crumpled bill in the pocket of her old coat.
- Do you have a bill smaller than this one for the bus?
noun The beak of a bird.
- The toucan has a huge, colorful bill.
- The little bird used its thin bill to pick seeds out of the grass.
- The duck's bill is flat and wide.
verb To send someone an invoice for money owed.
- The plumber said he would bill me after finishing the job.
- Our dentist bills patients directly rather than through the clinic.
- The contractor will bill us at the end of the month.
