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# bill

«bill» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of paper money; in the UK it is called a note** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m1)

2) A bill is a paper that shows how much you must pay, for example in a restaurant or for electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m2)

3) A bird's beak is called a bill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m3)

4) A bill is a plan for a new law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m4)

5) Bill is a boy's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x1)
- She has 3 five-dollar bills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x2)
- The bill for lunch was 18 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x3)
- How much change from a 10-dollar bill? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x4)
- Can we have the bill, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x5)
- Mom paid the water bill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x6)
- A duck has a flat bill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x7)
- We split the bill four ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x8)
- The bill became a law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x9)
- The pelican scooped fish with its bill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x10)
- Then he paid the bill and joined his brothers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x11)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/9/)
- [Energy bills pay for gas and electricity, and their prices rise and fall with world events.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/13/)
- [It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/1/)
- [A final demand is a warning that a bill is very overdue and stronger action will follow, so acting early is easier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/19/)
- [It does not mean the family is in danger; it means there is little left after the bills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bill» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.