electricity bill collocation | meaning and examples of use

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a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it …

a form of energy that can be produced in several ways and that provides power to devices that create light, …

(Definition of electricity and bill from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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One reason is that in most households the electricity bill is lower than the telephone bill.

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Due to congressional intervention, the state was granted a power of veto in the electricity bill.

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Coping strategies to reduce expenses included engaging in cheaper or free pastimes, to not using the television and\or radio to cut the electricity bill.

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It has already been pointed out by many scientists that provided powerful enough lasers become available the only propulsion costs invovled would be the electricity bill for powering them.

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I received a phone call this morning from a lady whose quarterly electricity bill wag £373.

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That affects everyone with a telephone, a gas bill, an electricity bill and a water bill.

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In some cases, after the landlord has collected the charge for gas and electricity he nevertheless fails to pay the gas and electricity bill.

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In one case there is a total turnover of nearly £100,000 and the electricity bill is £200.

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The electricity bill for the average householder is up from just over £40 to £55 a year.

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It amounts to a television licence and it could pay a gas or electricity bill.

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That 82-year-old lady could not pay her poll tax or her electricity bill.

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Its annual electricity bill currently runs at £42 million, and the cost per kilowatt hour is 3.4p.

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Last year, a quarter of her electricity bill—£85—was paid.

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Will they be able to pay the electricity bill and the gas bill?

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They could spend some of it to pay their electricity bill, gas bill or bill for another utility.

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The point about allocating money for electricity bills is that almost everyone receives an electricity bill, as opposed to bills for other fuels.

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That adds £17 to the average household annual electricity bill.

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At the moment, a cost for nuclear energy is built into an electricity bill.

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One tenant’s electricity bill has more than doubled since the contractor has been there.

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She has an unemployed girl of 17 and is down to her last £14 with an electricity bill of £70 outstanding.

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