medical bill
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- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkəl bɪl/
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factura médica
- She was shocked at the amount on her medical bill, which included fees for the doctor's visit and the hospital stay.
- pay medical bills
- a medical bill
But they have a, a medical bill that happened to them that was astronomical and they never paid their medical bill.
- But they have a, a medical bill that happened to them that was astronomical and they never paid their medical bill.
Examples
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Commonly cited expenditures from the loan disbursements included rent and mortgage payments, utilities, car payments, and medical bills.
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Also, we were able to get all of the medical bills paid.
Blog text (16) -
Because I needed the money for medical bills.
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Well, your medical bills and rent and medicine.
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Further, we made sure that the client's future medical bills would be covered by other insurance.
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It's going to save you a lot more money in medical bills in the long run.
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Medical bills are going to be crazy.
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We are not all wealthy and able to pay huge medical bills out of our pockets.
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The inability to pay medical bills is the No. 1 cause of bankruptcy.
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These medical bills are going to be astronomical, and you probably don't have the resources to cover that, do you?
Synonyms
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1.0
A paper telling you how much you must pay
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3.3
A paper or online list showing products and the amount to pay
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A paper that shows how much you must pay a doctor for care
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'medical' (relating to medicine/care) with 'bill' (a document listing money owed); together they denote an invoice for medical services. This simple noun–noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Medical bill comes from putting medical (care from doctors) and bill (a written list of charges) together. Long ago, shops and inns gave a 'bill' showing 'what you owed', and hospitals began doing the same after treatment, so a medical bill is the paper that shows 'what you must pay' for health care.