unpaid bill

Example Sentences

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That changes if an unpaid bill goes to collections.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

Since then, Eni and Repsol have been stuck as the unpaid bill grew to $3 billion for each company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Ted, whose phone isn’t working because of his unpaid bill, is susceptible to the lure of ready cash.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024

Last month, it cut power to Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, over an unpaid bill of $40m.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

You with the unpaid bill, Despair,— You, tiresome verse-reciter, Care,— I will pay you in the grave,— Death will listen to your stave.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir