bill
part of speech
noun (bill, bills); verb (bill, bills, billed, billing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bill is a piece of paper money; in the UK it is called a note. tree →
2) A bill is a paper that shows how much you must pay, for example in a restaurant or for electricity. tree →
3) A bird's beak is called a bill. tree →
4) A bill is a plan for a new law. tree →
5) Bill is a boy's name. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A "bill of divorcement" is a written paper (a get) given by a husband to end a marriage. Interpretation: Jewish law requires a written get, handed over properly, to end a marriage; this is still the practice. In the primary lessons: paper money of a value, or the cost to pay; in science, birds' bills have different shapes for different food; phrases «dollar bill», «pay the bill», «split the bill», «electric bill»
examples
- and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; (Torah DEU.24.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thus saith the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? (Prophets ISA.50.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I saw, when, forasmuch as backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, that yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot; (Prophets JER.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- He paid with a 20-dollar bill. tree →
- She has 3 five-dollar bills. tree →
- The bill for lunch was 18 dollars. tree →
- How much change from a 10-dollar bill? tree →
- Can we have the bill, please? tree →
- Mom paid the water bill. tree →
- A duck has a flat bill. tree →
- We split the bill four ways. tree →
- The bill became a law. tree →
- The pelican scooped fish with its bill. tree →
- Then he paid the bill and joined his brothers. tree →
note
The value of bills = number × value of each; change = bill − cost. Trap: «3 five-dollar bills» is 15 dollars, not 3 or 5. «Split the bill» means divide the cost.
In the corpora
- Thus saith the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away?
- Rent is often a family's biggest bill, so when it goes up, other spending has to shrink.
- Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.
- It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.
- A final demand is a warning that a bill is very overdue and stronger action will follow, so acting early is easier.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.