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bill

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bill

1 a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due
  • why is the electric bill so high this month?
Synonyms of bill

account, check, invoice, statement, tab
Words Related to bill

receipt, reckoning

document, ledger, record

charge, cost, expense, fee, price, rate, toll

score, tally
2 a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States
  • the $5 bill has a picture of Abraham Lincoln on the front
Synonyms of bill

banknote, greenback, note
Words Related to bill

dead presidents [slang], paper money, scrip

buck, dollar, simoleon [slang], smacker [slang]

C-note, fifty, fin [slang], five, fiver [slang], hundred, one, sawbuck [slang], ten, tenner, twenty, two

cash, chips, currency, dough, legal tender, lucre, money, pelf

check, draft, money order
3 a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place
  • posted a bill advertising the new play
Synonyms of bill

placard, poster
Words Related to bill

billboard, sign, signboard

broadside, flyer (also flier), handbill, handout, playbill, show bill

ad, advertisement, announcement, bulletin, dispatch, release
4 the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount
  • although they were all working adults, their parents still insisted on paying the bill whenever they went out to eat
Synonyms of bill

check, tab
Words Related to bill

invoice, receipt

account, reckoning, record, statement

charge, cost, damage, expense, fee, figure

score, tally
5 a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature
  • the legislative committee endorsed a bill that would strengthen consumer protections
Synonyms of bill

act, constitution, enactment, law, ordinance, statute
Words Related to bill

command, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, edict, fiat, ruling

bylaw, ground rule, regulation, rule

amendment, legislation

common law, martial law

blue law

prohibition, proscription, restriction

canon, capitulary, encyclical
Near Antonyms of bill

higher law
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bill

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bill

1 the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering
  • parrots have very strong bills so they can break open nuts
Synonyms of bill

beak, neb, nib
Words Related to bill

mouth

muzzle

mandible, maw, maxilla
2 the projecting front part of a hat or cap
  • the hat was blue, but the bill was red
Synonyms of bill

brim, peak, visor (also vizor)
Words Related to bill

shade

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