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 account, check, invoice, statement, tab Related Words 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 $20 bill has a picture of Andrew Jackson on the front Synonyms banknote, greenback, note Related Words 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 bill, placardRelated Words 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 father still insisted on paying the bill whenever they went out to eat Synonyms bill, tabRelated Words 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 fair housing bill of the 1960s Synonyms act, bill, constitution, enactment, ordinance, statuteRelated Words 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, encyclicalNear Antonyms higher law

1 the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering parrots have very strong bills so they can break open nuts Synonyms bill, neb, nibRelated Words 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 bill, brim, peakRelated Words shade