hotel bill
- noun
- /hoʊˈtɛl bɪl/
- He reviewed his hotel bill to ensure all the charges were accurate.
- pay the hotel bill
- airfare and hotel bills
- remember the hotel bill
Examples
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When checking out, she was surprised by the total of her hotel bill.
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He calls the front desk and says, "Did my wife pay the hotel bill?"
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, take care of his hotel bill, will you?
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Now I can pay you for that hotel bill.
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You want another hotel bill paid?
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You can put the massage on your hotel bill, but we ask that the tip be paid directly to him in cash.
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When they gave me my hotel bill, I couldn't believe it.
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I've paid the hotel bill.
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"What about the hotel bill?" Bibi said.
Fiction book (1996) -
Except for Mr. Peterson, we couldn't even pay last night's hotel bill.
Synonyms
A paper telling you how much you must pay
How Expensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a statement listing charges for a guest's stay' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hotel' (place for lodging) and 'bill' (document listing money owed). This noun–noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common referential compound with no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
The noun hotel bill comes from the simple idea of a written bill from a hotel that lists what you used and must 'pay'. So today hotel bill means the paper or 'statement' showing all the charges for your stay.