1A bill for goods or services in paper form, as opposed to one that is delivered electronically.
many companies are now charging to send paper bills
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I incur an added cost if I send you an electronic bill when all of my other customers want paper bills.
I've opted out of the paper bill.
He points out something that will immediately reduce my stack of paper bills.
I also asked why there was no mention of this program on the paper bill I had received in the mail.
You may choose to discontinue paper bills or continue to receive the statements.
Paper bills can cost anywhere from $2 to $3 to distribute and process.
The only suggestion they could give me was to contact one of my utility companies, and ask them to send me a paper bill.
We are simplifying your paper bill, removing itemized detail.
You need your phone number and account number from your last paper bill.
Instead of receiving a traditional paper bill at your house, you receive an e-mail telling you that a new bill is now available online.
1.1A bill for having newspapers delivered.
he paid the paper bill on his way back from the post office
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My friend has just been told they can't afford to pay his paper bill any more.
I am very restricted in my movements, but I can get round the supermarket while they go and pay my paper bill.
Plus I'd bought a house in 1969 for so low a price that my mortgage was less than my paper bill.
I've sorted your paper bill.
Then with the rest of the cash he paid Brenda's weekly paper bill.
2North American A banknote.
she has found money—dimes and quarters, but also paper bills
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He hands her paper bills that he hopes will tide everything over in the household.
In it, the tips are poured, the coins the same colour as draft beer, the paper bills piling up on top like foam.
He trades the neat piles of coins with paper bills from the cash register.
The users will still be able to pay their fare in coins, but paper bills will no longer be accepted.
The reason we went there initially was because I wanted to see how they got around the logistical problem of only having one and two dollar coins, and no paper bills.