bill
288
1.5
- noun
- /bɪl/
- US
- I pull out a $20 bill out of my pocket.
- dollar bill
- five-dollar bill
- one-dollar bill
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- Give me the money and small, unmarked bills or the old lady gets it.
- And they will give you those bills at their face value.
- If it were me, I would just stick with cash and regular, you know, bills, dollars and coins.
- They said that you could hand this bill in for a dollar's worth of silver.
Examples
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Millions of dollars in small bills changing hands.
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The Justice of the Peace takes a hundred-dollar bill from his desk and gives it to Fred.
Fiction book (1990) -
I loved the feel of the coins, the soft crumpled bills in my hand.
Academic text (2009) -
Jacob reaches into his pants pocket, pulls out a twenty-dollar bill, and hands it to the driver.
Fiction book (1990) -
He handed me a $20 bill to pay for lunch.
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I found a $100 bill on the ground while walking in the park.
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The cashier gave me three $50 bills as change.
Synonyms
104
1.5
A paper bill used as money or a written promise to pay money
18
5.2
A paper U.S. dollar bill used as money
18
1.6
Money made of printed paper notes that a government uses
7
3.0
A paper form of money that people use to pay for things
6
1.7
Paper money issued by a central bank used to pay for things
4
2.5
Money in printed notes that people use instead of coins
3
5.1
Paper money the United States Federal Reserve issues for buying things
1
3.2
A piece of paper money issued by a central bank used to pay for things
1
3.2
Paper money that people carry in a wallet
1
3.7
Paper money issued by a country's central bank used to buy things
A piece of paper used as money and issued by a central bank
Idioms
18
3.3
An official statement that a person or thing is healthy and has no serious problems
Compounds
- Formal
96
3.3
A written list of the main freedoms people have in a country's constitution
- Formal
20
6.7
A proposal that lets the government spend public money for a specific purpose
18
3.8
An official report that says a person, project, or group is well and able to continue
9
1.1
A paper or email that shows how much you must pay each month for services like electricity
- Specialized
7
6.9
A short-term loan to the U.S. government that you buy for less and the government repays within one year
- Formal
7
3.7
Written paper that shows one person sells a thing like a car to another who becomes the owner
- Specialized
5
4.6
A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest
- Formal
3
7.0
An official document showing a transport company has received goods and saying how and when they will be delivered
- Formal
1
8.6
A written charge by a government lawyer saying someone committed a crime
- Jargon
1
9.9
A paper saying a group of citizens found enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
- Formal
1
9.9
A written list that the prosecution gives to show the specific charges and facts about what the accused did
- Formal
1
9.9
A law that declares a person guilty and punishes them without a trial
- US
1
5.6
A law that makes people pay a small deposit for drink containers and get it back when they recycle them
- Formal
1
7.5
A written order telling one person or bank to pay money to another at a set time
- Formal
1
9.9
A court action asking the same court to change or reverse its previous decision
- Indian
An official paper that lists goods coming into or leaving a country for customs
- Specialized
A document that makes one company responsible for goods moved by two or more kinds of transport
- Specialized
A paper showing the goods stay on the same ship without transfer
- Formal
A document that covers goods carried by two or more types of transport under one contract
- Specialized
A small plant with fern-like leaves, pink flowers, and a long beak-like seed pod
- New Zealand
A plant from New Zealand that stays green all year with beak-shaped red or white flowers
- Specialized
A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bill for a paper banknote comes from the old idea of a note meaning 'written paper' used in trade. So a bill is a small piece of paper that stands for money.