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How to pronounce bill in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms measure
Type of legal instrument, legal document, official document, instrument
Has types farm bill, bill of attainder, appropriation bill, bottle bill, trade bill


they held a public hearing on the bill.
Type Words
Synonyms placard
Type of post
Type Words
Synonyms bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, note
Type of paper currency, folding money, paper money
Has types fifty, five dollar bill, five-spot, fifty dollar bill, one dollar bill, dollar bill, dollar, clam, silver certificate, c-note, ten dollar bill, tenner, twenty, twenty dollar bill, two dollar bill, buck, fiver, hundred dollar bill
Type Words
Synonyms account, invoice
Type of statement, financial statement
Has types doctor's bill, check, chit, electric bill, hotel bill, medical bill, phone bill, reckoning, tab, tally, tax bill, telephone bill


he paid his bill and left.
Type Words
Synonyms card, notice, placard, poster, posting
Type of sign
Has types show card, theatrical poster, flash card, flashcard, show bill
Type Words
Synonyms charge
Type of calculate, account
Has types assess, invoice, levy, undercharge, tithe, surcharge, impose
Verb group charge


We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights.
Type Words
Synonyms beak, neb, nib, pecker
Type of mouth
Has types cere
Type Words
Synonyms broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway
Type of advertizing, ad, advertising, advertizement, advert, advertisement
Has types stuffer
Type Words
Synonyms eyeshade, peak, visor, vizor
Type of brim


he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead.
Type Words
Synonyms billhook
Type of hand tool


he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree.
Type Words
Type of advertize, push, promote, advertise


He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso.
Type Words
Type of listing, list
Has types bill of fare, bill of entry, card, carte, carte du jour, menu, playbill, bill of goods
Type Words
Type of program, programme

Examples of bill

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Bill McDermott, Mister Soccer himself, will be returning as the emcee this year.
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Bill O'Reilly had been on the air for a couple of years before I discovered him.
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When their gas bill exceeded $1,000 18 months ago, the utility cut off them off.
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The bill would also require better and more unified record keeping in DWI cases.
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Lightford, the bill's sponsor, said no groups registered opposition to her bill.
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The bill would designate the refuge's oil-rich coastal plain as wilderness area.
From the thenewstribune.com
Bill discovered a hummer sitting motionless on the feeder and brought it inside.
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The deficit-neutral bill also provided $12 billion in small-business tax breaks.
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The 2008 farm bill required the USDA to promote competition within the industry.
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  • A statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"
  • Charge: demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
  • An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"
  • Advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
  • A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
  • Placard: publicize or announce by placards
  • Bill is a 1981 CBS television biographical film starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid. A sequel titled '''' was released in 1983. The film is based on the life of Bill Sackter.
  • Bill is the first full-length album by Tripping Daisy. It was released in 1992 on the Dragon Street label, and then re-released on July 22, 1993 on Island Records. On the re-release, the track "Green Tambourine" was removed, and the two unlisted tracks were appended to the final track.
  • Bill (1973) is a compilation album of previously released material by Bill Cosby. All the routines are edited down compared to their original appearances on previous albums, some slightly, some considerably.