bill [bɪl] As well as being a bird’s beak in both languages, in British English a bill is the amount of money a service costs (and the piece of paper it’s on), for example in a restaurant. In US English, you could pay this bill (or “check” as they'd say) using a bill because this means paper currency there (in British English a “banknote”). In Britain, the Old Bill is slang for the police.
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