bill

facture, addition

Document indiquant combien il faut payer pour des biens ou des services.

En anglais simple : A statement showing how much you must pay for goods or services.

• The bill is due tomorrow.
• Our heating bills rose last winter.
• Could we have the bill, please?

Comment l'utiliser : bill for something (I received a bill for the repairs.)

Synonymes : invoice

Expressions courantes : pay a bill, electricity bill, bill for something, unpaid bill

billet

Morceau de papier ayant une valeur monétaire et servant à payer.

En anglais simple : A piece of paper money.

• I found a dollar bill.
• She paid with two twenty-dollar bills.
• Can you change this bill?

Synonymes : banknote, note

Expressions courantes : dollar bill, twenty dollar bill, counterfeit bill

projet de loi

Texte proposant une nouvelle loi, que les responsables politiques discutent et soumettent au vote.

En anglais simple : A written plan for a new law that politicians discuss and vote on.

• Parliament passed the bill.
• The new bill would protect forests.
• Senators debated three bills yesterday.

Synonymes : draft law

Expressions courantes : pass a bill, introduce a bill, bill on something

bec

Partie dure de la bouche d’un oiseau.

En anglais simple : The hard part of a bird’s mouth.

• The duck has a yellow bill.
• The bird carried a fish in its bill.
• Their bills are long and thin.

Synonymes : beak

Expressions courantes : duck bill, long bill, yellow bill, platypus bill

facturer

Envoyer à quelqu’un un document indiquant la somme qu’il doit payer.

En anglais simple : To send someone a statement saying how much they must pay.

• They bill us every month.
• The dentist billed me for the treatment.
• Will you bill my insurance company?

Comment l'utiliser : bill someone for something (The company billed us for delivery.); bill someone an amount (The hotel billed me fifty euros.)

Synonymes : charge, invoice

Expressions courantes : bill someone for, bill someone directly, bill a customer

annoncer, présenter

Faire la publicité d’une personne ou d’un événement, souvent en le présentant d’une certaine manière.

En anglais simple : To advertise a person or event, often using a particular description.

• They billed her as a rising star.
• The concert was billed as a family event.
• He was billed above the other actors.

Comment l'utiliser : bill someone/something as something (They billed the show as a musical adventure.)

Synonymes : advertise, promote

Expressions courantes : bill someone as, bill something as, bill a performer