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bill

noun as in account of charges; money owed

noun as in piece of legislation

noun as in piece of paper money

noun as in beak of animal

verb as in charge money for goods, services

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People who were made homeless over serious fire safety problems in the buildings they lived in have been given a £3.6m bill to fix and maintain them.

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In 1941, Roosevelt signed a bill designating the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.

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Last Friday, when announcing her resignation from Congress, she lamented that five major bills she sponsored had never been considered.

Peers have been given an extra 10 days to scrutinise the assisted dying bill, after a record number of amendments prompted concerns it would run out of time to be passed into law.

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The removal of the two-child benefit limit will mean no longer "scraping the barrel every month" to afford bills and food, a mother-of-three has said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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