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# bill

noun (bill, bills); verb (bill, bills, billed, billing)

«bill» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bill is a piece of paper money; in the UK it is called a note. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m1)
2. A bill is a paper that shows how much you must pay, for example in a restaurant or for electricity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m2)
3. A bird's beak is called a bill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m3)
4. A bill is a plan for a new law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m4)
5. Bill is a boy's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#m5)

### In the lessons

paper money of a value, or the cost to pay; in science, birds' bills have different shapes for different food; phrases «dollar bill», «pay the bill», «split the bill», «electric bill»

### Examples

- He paid with a 20-dollar bill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x1)
- She has 3 five-dollar bills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x2)
- The bill for lunch was 18 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x3)
- How much change from a 10-dollar bill? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x4)
- Can we have the bill, please? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x5)
- Mom paid the water bill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x6)
- A duck has a flat bill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x7)
- We split the bill four ways. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x8)
- The bill became a law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x9)
- The pelican scooped fish with its bill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x10)
- Then he paid the bill and joined his brothers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/#x11)

### Note

The value of bills = number × value of each; change = bill − cost. Trap: «3 five-dollar bills» is 15 dollars, not 3 or 5. «Split the bill» means divide the cost.

## In Jewish tradition

A "bill of divorcement" is a written paper (a get) given by a husband to end a marriage.

**Interpretation.** Jewish law requires a written get, handed over properly, to end a marriage; this is still the practice.

### Examples

- and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; (Torah DEU.24.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bill/#x1)
- Thus saith the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? (Prophets ISA.50.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bill/#x2)
- And I saw, when, forasmuch as backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, that yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot; (Prophets JER.3.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bill/#x3)

### Note

The value of bills = number × value of each; change = bill − cost. Trap: «3 five-dollar bills» is 15 dollars, not 3 or 5. «Split the bill» means divide the cost.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bill.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bill» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bill» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bill.html) on Mova free.