bill

factura, cuenta

Documento que indica cuánto debes pagar por productos o servicios.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: bill for something (I received a bill for the repairs.)

Sinónimos: invoice

Expresiones frecuentes: pay a bill, electricity bill, bill for something, unpaid bill

billete

Pieza de dinero hecha de papel.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of paper money.

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

Sinónimos: banknote, note

Expresiones frecuentes: dollar bill, twenty dollar bill, counterfeit bill

proyecto de ley

Propuesta escrita de una nueva ley que los políticos debaten y votan.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: draft law

Expresiones frecuentes: pass a bill, introduce a bill, bill on something

pico

Parte dura de la boca de un ave.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: beak

Expresiones frecuentes: duck bill, long bill, yellow bill, platypus bill

facturar, cobrar

Enviar a alguien una factura que indique cuánto debe pagar.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: bill someone for something (The company billed us for delivery.); bill someone an amount (The hotel billed me fifty euros.)

Sinónimos: charge, invoice

Expresiones frecuentes: bill someone for, bill someone directly, bill a customer

anunciar, promocionar

Promocionar a una persona o un evento, normalmente presentándolo de una manera concreta.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: bill someone/something as something (They billed the show as a musical adventure.)

Sinónimos: advertise, promote

Expresiones frecuentes: bill someone as, bill something as, bill a performer