bill

Everyday

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 →

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 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.

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 →

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.