bills

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪlz/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlz

Noun

bills

1. plural of bill

Verb

bills

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bill

French

Noun

bills m

1. plural of bill

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪlz/
• Hyphenation: bills

Noun

bills (plural bills dem, quantified bills)

1. (slang) A J$100 banknote.

   Yuh cyaan buy nuttn wid a bills again.

   There isn't anything you can buy with a J$100 nowadays.

   • 2020, “Caught my husband with a madwoman”, in The Jamaica Star‎^[1]:

     “Because she dance 'maddy maddy', the man dem use to give her a bills and she would skank dung di place. […] ”

     She was a crazy dancer and so the men used to give her J$100 and she would go wild. […]

See also

• Concorde
• Manley
• Nanny
• Shearer