telephone bill
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftelephoneandbill
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telephone
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈtel.ɪ.fəʊn/us/ˈtel.ə.foʊn/
a ...
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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 oftelephoneandbillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftelephone bill
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Thetelephonebillcame in his name.
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One reason is that in most households the electricity bill is lower than thetelephonebill.
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My last quarter's privatetelephonebillwas £67.
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He had to wait about 20 minutes, adding greatly to the cost of histelephonebill.
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That does not mean that ourtelephonebillhas gone up.
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An example of such data might be the records on atelephonebillof calls made.
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I have no say about what mytelephonebillwill be because of mismanagement.
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I find mytelephonebillis still addressed to the old district number.
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I should think that another example is that eternal chestnut thetelephonebill.
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For instance, the telephone contract provides that thetelephonebillshall be conclusive evidence as to the sum due.
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I suspect that his business is not too small since he said that histelephonebillwas in six figures.
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Is it fair that every senior citizen and every gas, electricity andtelephonebillpayer must pay standing charges?
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They have to put away each week so much money for electricity, other fuel, thetelephonebilland so on.
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Someone has to pay the rates, the gas bill, the electricity bill and perhaps thetelephonebill.
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I think that all of us have a few shocks from time to time when we get ourtelephonebill.
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The caller pays theirtelephonebillto the originating telco.
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For example, a constituent of mine had her quarterlytelephonebilldoubled when her husband was mising for just 10 days.
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Will an applicant's word that he telephoned in 1987 or 1988 be sufficient, or will atelephonebillhave to be produced?
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Thetelephonebillwas only £52 and the total bill for stationery, postage and telephones for the whole of 1975 was £226.
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I would not be very keen on any member of my family, of any age, running up a largetelephonebill.
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With regard to the last part of the question about thetelephonebill, the modernisation decision is not in any way associated with tariff questions directly.
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Parental control moves into action, but only when what has happened comes to their knowledge on receipt of atelephonebillwhich in some cases may exceed £1,000.
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Can he lump together a number of wrong numbers which he has received and deduct that amount from thetelephonebillat the end of the period?
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It is, therefore, more difficult to verify atelephonebill, and the first two subsections merely provide a basis which the court can accept without elaborate proceedings.
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Junk mail through the post is an inconvenience but junk mail received electronically or by fax is actually charged to thetelephonebillof the recipient.
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