a document that shows how much you owe somebody for goods or services. the electricity/gas/repair bill; He is facing a huge tax bill.

bill a list of goods that you have bought or services that you have used, showing how much you owe; the price or cost of something:the gas bill · account an ...

bill · ​. to send somebody a bill for something · ​[usually passive] to advertise or describe somebody/something in a particular way. be billed as something She ...

Where does the noun bill come from? ... The earliest known use of the noun bill is in the Old English period (pre-1150). bill is a word inherited from Germanic.

ask for payment; 1bill somebody (for something) to send someone a bill for something Please bill me for the books. You will be billed monthly for the ...

Definition of Bill from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Bill /bɪl/ /bɪl/ a first name for boys, short for William.

A printed or written statement listing goods or services supplied and the amount of money owed; an invoice. Not common in North American use in the context of ...

​a British television series that was shown from 1984 to 2010, about the officers of a police station in an imaginary area of London. The Old Bill is a ...

​a bill (= a proposal for a new law in the British Parliament) that affects a person or group rather than the whole country see also private member's bill.

bill verb [T] (REQUEST PAYMENT). to send someone a statement of what is owed: Some places will bill you, but at others you have to pay right away. BE ON THE BILL · Backed bill · BANK BILL · Commercial bill