bill

請求書、勘定

商品やサービスに対して支払う金額を示した書類や勘定。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： bill for something (I received a bill for the repairs.)

類義語： invoice

よく使う表現： pay a bill, electricity bill, bill for something, unpaid bill

紙幣、お札

お金として使われる紙の札。

やさしい英語で： A piece of paper money.

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

類義語： banknote, note

よく使う表現： dollar bill, twenty dollar bill, counterfeit bill

法案

政治家が議論し、採決する、新しい法律の文書による案。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： draft law

よく使う表現： pass a bill, introduce a bill, bill on something

くちばし

鳥の口の硬く突き出た部分。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： beak

よく使う表現： duck bill, long bill, yellow bill, platypus bill

請求する

支払うべき金額を示した書類を相手に送る。

やさしい英語で： 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?

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

類義語： charge, invoice

よく使う表現： bill someone for, bill someone directly, bill a customer

宣伝する

人や催しを、特定の言葉で紹介するなどして宣伝する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： bill someone/something as something (They billed the show as a musical adventure.)

類義語： advertise, promote

よく使う表現： bill someone as, bill something as, bill a performer