bill in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bill in the English»French Dictionary

I.bill [Brit bɪl, Am bɪl] N

1. bill COMM (for payment):

bill (in restaurant)

addition f

bill (for maintenance, electricity etc)

facture f

bill (from hotel, doctor, dentist etc)

note f

electricity/gas/telephone bill

facture f d'électricité/de gaz/de téléphone

electricity/gas/telephone bill

note f d'électricité/de gaz/de téléphone

he gave me a bill for £10

il m'a donné une note or facture de 10 livres

he gave me a bill for repairing the car

il m'a donné une note or facture pour la réparation de la voiture

he gave me a bill for the work/the damage

il m'a facturé le travail/les dégâts

to pay/settle a bill

payer/régler une note or facture or addition

to make out a bill

établir une note or facture

put it on the bill, please

mettez-le sur ma note s'il vous plaît

2. bill LAW, POL (law):

bill, a. Bill

projet m de loi

bill, a. Bill Education/Employment Bill

projet m de loi pour l'éducation/l'emploi

to pass/defeat a bill

adopter/rejeter un projet de loi

3. bill (poster):

bill

affiche f

to be on the bill

être à l'affiche

to be top of the bill , to top the bill

être en tête d'affiche

‘stick no bills’

‘défense d'afficher’

4. bill Am (banknote):

bill

billet m (de banque)

dollar/ten dollar bill

billet m d'un dollar/de dix dollars

5. bill ZOOL (beak):

bill

bec m

6. bill dated FIN (promise to pay):

bill

billet m à ordre

7. bill GEOG (promontory):

bill

promontoire m

II.bill [Brit bɪl, Am bɪl] VB trans

1. bill (send demand for payment):

bill person, company

faire une facture à

to bill sb for sth

facturer qc à qn

to bill sb for doing

faire une facture à qn pour avoir fait

he billed me for repairing the car

il m'a fait une facture pour la réparation de la voiture

2. bill THEAT (gen) (advertise):

to be billed as… event, entertainment, meeting:

être annoncé comme étant…

the show was billed as a musical comedy

le spectacle était affiché comme étant une comédie musicale

he is billed to appear at the Odeon/in ‘Hamlet’/as Hamlet

il est à l'affiche à l'Odéon/de ‘Hamlet’/dans le rôle de Hamlet

III.bill [Brit bɪl, Am bɪl]

bill → coo

to fit or fill the bill

faire l'affaire

to give sb/sth a clean bill of health lit

trouver qn/qc en parfait état de santé

to give sb/sth a clean bill of health fig

blanchir qn/qc

See also coo

I.coo [Brit kuː, Am ku] N (of dove)

coo

roucoulement m

II.coo [Brit kuː, Am ku] INTERJ Brit inf, dated

coo

ça alors! inf

III.coo [Brit kuː, Am ku] VB trans

coo

murmurer

IV.coo [Brit kuː, Am ku] VB intr

coo lover, dove:

coo

roucouler

to coo over a baby

s'extasier devant un bébé

V.coo [Brit kuː, Am ku]

to bill and coo

roucouler

wage bill, wages bill N

wage bill

facture f salariale

finance bill N

finance bill

projet m de loi de finances

private bill N

private bill

projet m de loi d'intérêt privé

public bill N

public bill

projet m de loi qui concerne l'ensemble des citoyens

bank bill N Am (note)

bank bill

billet m de banque

double bill N

double bill THEAT

représentation f avec deux œuvres au programme

double bill CINE

séance f avec deux films à la suite

documentary bill N

documentary bill COMM, FIN

traite f documentaire

dollar bill N

dollar bill

billet m d'un dollar

due bill N Am FIN

due bill

reconnaissance f de dette

bill in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bill in the English»French Dictionary

I.bill¹ [bɪl] N

1. bill (invoice):

bill

facture f

bill for meal

addition f

to put it on sb's bill

le mettre sur la note de qn

to run up a bill

avoir une facture

to foot the bill

payer la facture

to foot the bill fig

payer les pots cassés

2. bill Am (bank-note):

bill

billet m

3. bill LAW:

bill

projet m de loi

4. bill (poster):

bill

affiche f

to top the bill

être en tête d'affiche

Phrases:

to give sb/sth a clean bill of health

trouver qn/qc en parfait état

II.bill¹ [bɪl] VB trans

1. bill (invoice):

bill

facturer

to bill sb for sth

facturer qc à qn

2. bill (announce):

to bill sth as sth

déclarer qc comme qc

I.bill² [bɪl] N

bill

bec m

II.bill² [bɪl] VB intr

to bill and coo iron hum

roucouler

bill poster N

bill poster

colleur(-euse) m (f) d'affiches

treasury bill N Am

treasury bill

bon m du Trésor

bill sticker

bill sticker → bill poster

See also bill poster

bill poster N

bill poster

colleur(-euse) m (f) d'affiches

hotel bill N

hotel bill

note f d'hôtel

Old Bill N no pl Brit inf

Old Bill

flics mpl

Translations for bill in the French»English Dictionary

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douloureuse

bill

colleur d'affiches

bill poster

raquer

to foot the bill

bill Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to put a bill through parliament

faire accepter une proposition de loi par le parlement

to pick up the bill [or Am check] inf

casquer

they put it down on the bill

ils l'ont mis sur la facture

to put it on sb's bill

le mettre sur la note de qn

to run up a bill

avoir une facture

to give sb/sth a clean bill of health

trouver qn/qc en parfait état

a bill due on 1st January

un effet payable le 1er janvier

who's going to pay (the bill)?

qui va payer la facture?

to put a repair on sb's bill

facturer une réparation à qn

to add up a bill again

recompter une addition

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In order to reach the nectar, the bird must push its bill into the inflorescence.

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It might be a bill collector.

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I was absolutely certain that T-bill rates could never get to zero.

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It now focuses on home and business energy and utility bill auditing.

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Invoice number 32 and 33, with the same bill amount for the same products, were issued the same day.

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After paying the waitress with a $100 bill, the lady leaves behind a note for the waitress on a napkin without accepting her change.

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The bill would prevent a 0.5% pay increase for all federal workers from taking effect, continuing a pay freeze that has been in effect since 2011.

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In fact, this claim was disingenuous because the group only voted in favor of a watered-down earlier version of the bill that did not give protection to all women.

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Their only source of income has been commissions on phone and utility bill payments.

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As one of the men asked to change a $10 bill, another man suddenly became ill and tried to get behind the bar.

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