(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
They couldn’t afford to pay the ~s...
He paid his ~ for the newspapers promptly.
...phone ~s.
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2.
If you ~ someone for goods or services you have provided them with, you give or send them a ~ stating how much money they owe you for these goods or services.
Are you going to ~ me for this?
VERB: no cont, V n for n, also V n
3.
The ~ in a restaurant is a piece of paper on which the price of the meal you have just eaten is written and which you are given before you pay. (BRIT; in AM, use check )
N-SING: the N
4.
A ~ is a piece of paper money. (AM; in BRIT, use note )
...a large quantity of US dollar ~s.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
5.
In government, a ~ is a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on.
This is the toughest crime ~ that Congress has passed in a decade...
The ~ was approved by a large majority.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp
6.
The ~ of a show or concert is a list of the entertainers who will take part in it.
N-SING
7.
If someone is ~ed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it.
She was ~ed to play the Red Queen in Snow White.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to-inf
~ing
...their quarrels over star ~ing.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
8.
If you ~ a person or event as a particular thing, you advertise them in a way that makes people think they have particular qualities or abilities.
They ~ it as Britain’s most exciting museum.
VERB: V n as n
9.
A bird’s ~ is its beak.
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10.
see also Private Member’s Bill
11.
If you say that someone or something fits the ~ or fills the ~, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
If you fit the ~, send a CV to Rebecca Rees.
PHRASE: V inflects
12.
If you have to foot the ~ for something, you have to pay for it.
Who is footing the ~ for her extravagant holiday?
PHRASE: V inflects