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
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
- 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
- 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.
- It does not mean the family is in danger; it means there is little left after the bills.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.