Collocations for "bill"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bill" in context.
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bill
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [a big, an expensive, an exorbitant] bill
- the bill was [exorbitant, astronomical, very high]
- pay the [phone, electricity, gas] bill
- a [10] -dollar bill
- [need to, didn't] pay the bills
- [I will, let me] get the bill
- the bill for the [meal, delivery]
- pay the bill
- pay your energy bills (online)
- how much was the bill?
- could we have the bill, please?
- can you [bring, give] me the bill?
- [would you like, do you need] a copy of the bill?
- (let's) split the bill (between us)
- go Dutch on the bill
- we had to foot their [gas] bill
- your bill of [sale, purchase]
- a [house, senate, budget, marriage] bill
- a proposed bill [on, concerning, affecting]
- the bill is in the [house]
- the bill [went through, was passed]
- [pass, amend, propose] a bill
- is [sponsoring, supporting] the bill
- make the bill into a law
- the Bill of Rights
- a bill in congress
- a bill to [amend, provide, authorize, establish]
- the bill [would, will also] amend
- bill payments
- bill the [client, company, customer]
- bill them for (the) [services, products, delivery]
- billed him for my [time, services]
- billed at a rate of
- billed at the time of purchase
- billed [directly, automatically, monthly, separately]
- billed [in error, by mistake]
- billed to your [account, checking account, credit card]
- charges billed to your [account]
- [is, will be] (automatically) billed to
- [will, should, can, might] be billed
- billed to [play, become, perform]
- was billed to [play] the [lead, supporting] role
- billed as a [member, student, employee]
- [has been, was] billed as the [first, greatest, most]
'bill' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bent
- block
- chance
- change
- check
- clean
- come
- comprise
- consultancy
- consulting
- corresponding
- counterfeit
- debate
- dollar
- due
- electric
- electricity
- enact
- endorse
- enormous
- figure
- fit
- foot
- fully
- fuss
- heating
- house
- imprint
- in camera
- inclusive
- law
- meaningless
- merchandise
- million
- modification
- monthly
- neglect
- overdue
- paid
- pay
- payable
- payoff
- pending
- pointless
- portrait
- pound
- proposed
- queer
- query
- ram