repair bill
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrepairandbill
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repair
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈpeər/us/rɪˈper/
the act of fixing something that is broken ...
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bill
noun
uk/bɪl/us/bɪl/
a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it ...
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(Definition ofrepairandbillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrepair bill
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Therepairbillamounted to £19.
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We estimate arepairbillthere of £32 million.
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Therepairbillis estimated at about £½million.
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It remains in a poor state, with a huge potentialrepairbill.
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The totalrepairbillfor the valleys is in excess of £300 million.
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Capital receipts will not meet thatrepairbill; new money must also be spent.
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Londoners need £8 billion worth of repairs, and therepairbillnationally is enormous.
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As a result, therepairbillran into tens of millions of pounds.
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They are then faced with their share of a very largerepairbill.
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We regard the disposal of oil from a ship undergoing repair as part and parcel of therepairbill.
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What might be a quite expensiverepairbillfor a household, can prove catastrophic for a school.
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This again appears impressive until it is related to the official estimates of the overall national housingrepairbill.
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Has he any idea of the total national cost of therepairbillfor faulty heater-demister units and speedometers?
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It is a very much larger affair, and therepairbillcould run to £10,000 or £12,000.
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He told me that therepairbillto make a property fit for habitation and available for rent is likely to be between £5,000 and £10,000.
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He said that more than 1 million people were on the council housing waiting list and that there was an outstandingrepairbillof £19 billion.
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The figure for older houses is not immediately available, but undoubtedly a large proportion of the totalrepairbillwould be incurred by older housing.
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The staggeringrepairbillfor that area alone must be seen in the context of other demands on the housing capital allocations.
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In many cases they regard the property as a source of anxiety to them, something which produces a low rental income and a totally unforeseenrepairbill.
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I do not think that anyone who is familiar with these matters would disagree that this example of arepairbillis typical for this kind of house.
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Present therepairbillto the next generation is their silent motto.
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He has said he supports the so-called budgetrepairbillbecause it is fiscally responsible.
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Facing declining attendance and a $500,000repairbill, it was closed in 1984.
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They go to the local bishop who helps them pick up work to pay therepairbill.
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It gets no allowance for its survey or its legal or administrative costs, and when the repurchase is complete it will be faced with arepairbillof upwards of £10,000.
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