Tra từ bill - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bill [bill bills billed billing] noun, verb BrE [bɪl] NAmE [bɪl]
noun

FOR PAYMENT
1. a piece of paper that shows how much you owe sb for goods or services
•the telephone/electricity/gas bill
• We ran up a massive hotel bill.
• She always pays her bills on time.
•I'll be sending you the bill for the dry-cleaning!
•The bills are piling up (= there are more and more that have still not been paid).
2. (especially BrE) (NAmE usually check)a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant
• Let's ask for the bill.

MONEY
3. (NAmE) = ↑note (⁶)
•a ten-dollar bill

IN PARLIAMENT
4. a written suggestion for a new law that is presented to a country's parliament so that its members can discuss it
•to introduce/approve/reject a bill
•the Education Reform Bill

AT THEATRE, ETC.
5. a programme of entertainment at a theatre, etc
•a horror double bill (= two horror films/movies shown one after the other)
•Topping the bill (= the most important performer) is Paul Simon.

ADVERTISEMENT
6. a notice in a public place to advertise an event
Syn: ↑poster
•Post no bills (= a notice warning people not to stick bills in a particular place).
see also ↑handbill

OF BIRDS
7. the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird's mouth
Syn: ↑beak
8. -billed (in adjectives)having the type of bill mentioned
•long-billed waders

ON HAT
9. (also visor) (both NAmE) (BrE peak)the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes
see also ↑Old Bill
more at a clean bill of health at ↑clean _adj., foot the bill at ↑foot _v.

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 6 and v. Middle English Anglo-Norman French bille medieval Latin bulla ‘seal, sealed document’ n. senses 7 to 9 Old English bile

Culture:
In Britain a bill must be discussed in the ↑House of Commons and the ↑House of Lords before it can become a law. In the US it must be discussed either in the ↑House of Representatives or the ↑Senate. If enough people vote for it there, it is discussed in the other house of ↑Congress, and if it is passed it goes to the President, who decides whether or not it should become a law.
note at ↑Act of Parliament

Thesaurus:
bill noun C
•We ran up a massive hotel bill.
invoice • • account • • statement • • tab • |AmE check •
the bill/invoice/check/tab for sth
pay/settle the bill/invoice/account/check
pick up the bill/tab/check
put sth on the bill/(sb's) account/the tab
Bill or invoice? You get a bill in a restaurant, bar or hotel; from a company that supplies you with gas, electricity, etc.; or from sb whose property you have damaged. An invoice is for goods supplied or work done as agreed between a customer and supplier.

Collocations:
Finance
Income
earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune
make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
build up funds/savings
get/receive/leave (sb) an inheritance/a legacy
live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
get/receive/draw/collect a pension
depend/be dependent on (BrE) benefits/(NAmE) welfare/social security
Expenditure
spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
invest/put your savings in…
throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
lose your money/inheritance/pension
use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
pay (in) cash
use/pay by a credit/debit card
pay by/make out a/write sb a/accept a (BrE) cheque/(US) check
change/exchange money/currency (BrE) traveller's cheques/(US) traveler's checks
give/pay/leave (sb) a deposit
Banks
have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
credit/debit/pay sth into/take money out of your account
deposit money/funds in your account
withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
(formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
find/go to/use (especially NAmE) an ATM/(BrE) a cash machine/dispenser
be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
Personal finance
manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially BrE) sort out your finances
plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
offer/extend credit (to sb)
arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
pay for sth in (especially BrE) instalments/(NAmE usually) installments
Financial difficulties
get into debt/financial difficulties
be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
run out of/owe money
face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
can't afford the cost of…/payments/rent
fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
incur/run up/accumulate debts
tackle/reduce/settle your debts

Collocations:
Restaurants
Eating out
eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant
go (out)/take sb (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal
have a meal with sb
make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)
reserve/ (especially BrE) book a table for six
ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window
In the restaurant
wait to be seated
show sb to their table
sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter
hand sb/give sb the menu/wine list
open/read/study/peruse the menu
the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children's menu/an extensive wine list
taste/sample/try the wine
the waiter takes your order
order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (BrE) speciality/(especially NAmE) specialty
serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee
complain about the food/the service/your meal
enjoy your meal
Paying
pay/ask for (especially BrE) the bill/(NAmE) the check
pay for/treat sb to dinner/lunch/the meal
service is (not) included
give sb/leave (sb) a tip

Synonyms:
bill
account • invoice • check
These are all words for a record of how much you owe for goods or services you have bought or used.
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 sth: ▪ the gas bill
account • an arrangement with a shop/store or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month: ▪ Put it on my account please.
invoice • (rather formal) a bill for goods that sb has bought or work that has been done for sb: ▪ The builders sent an invoice for £250.
bill or invoice?
You would get a bill in a restaurant, bar or hotel; from a company that supplies you with gas, electricity, etc; or from sb whose property you have damaged. An invoice is for goods supplied or work done as agreed between a customer and supplier.
check • (NAmE) a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in a restaurant: ▪ Can I have the check, please?
In British English the usual word for this is bill.
the bill/invoice/check for sth
to pay/settle a(n) bill/account/invoice/check
to put sth on the/sb's bill/account/invoice/check

Example Bank:
•Are the coffees on the bill?
•Could I have the bill please?
•Customers receive an itemized monthly phone bill.
•Don't worry— the company will pick up the bill.
•I've just got a huge tax bill.
•Many people struggle to pay their rent and utility bills.
•Mozart is on the bill this evening.
•Republicans will try to push the bill through Congress.
•Rufus Wainwright is topping the bill.
•The bill amounted to $850.
•The bill became law in June.
•The bill came to £120.
•The bill included a gradual phase-out of estate tax.
•The bill was brought to the floor of the House last summer.
•The bill will be brought before Parliament next year.
•The company could now face higher fuel bills.
•The government has put forward an emergency bill to limit the powers of the police.
•The opposition will try to force the bill through Parliament.
•They presented us with a very large bill.
•Tom Jones is topping the bill.
•Use the money in the account to cover the bills.
•We decided to split the bill.
•We need to cut our electricity bills.
•We ran up a very large hotel bill.
•We share the gas and electricity bills.
•Who is going to foot the bill for the damage?
•a sweeping bill that will reform the nation's immigration system
•the bill for the meal
•I'll be sending you the bill for the dry-cleaning!
•The bills are piling up.
•The waiter brought the bill to their table.
•the telephone/electricity/gas bill
Idioms: ↑bill and coo ▪ ↑fit the bill

verb

ASK FOR PAYMENT
1. ~ sb (for sth) to send sb a bill for sth
•Please bill me for the books.
•You will be billed monthly for the service.

ADVERTISE
2. usually passive ~ sb/sth as sth to advertise or describe sb/sth in a particular way
•He was billed as the new Tom Cruise.
3. usually passive ~ sb/sth to do sth to advertise that sb/sth will do sth
•She was billed to speak on ‘China— Yesterday and Today’.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 6 and v. Middle English Anglo-Norman French bille medieval Latin bulla ‘seal, sealed document’ n. senses 7 to 9 Old English bile

Example Bank:
•The cost will be billed to your account.

See also: ↑check ▪ ↑peak ▪ ↑visor