Here is Your Bill: Meaning and Usage Guide

Meaning 1：handing over the bill (Here is your bill)

Here is your bill 🔊

/hɪər ɪz jɔːr bɪl/

phr.

What a waiter or cashier says when they give you a list of what you bought and how much you need to pay.

handing over the bill 🔊

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/ˈhændɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə bɪl/

phr.

A phrase used by waitstaff or cashiers when giving a customer the printed list of items purchased and the total amount due for payment.

📁 Category：Social Roles 🔖 Level：beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Common phrase comprising 'here', 'is', 'your', 'bill'. Used to present charges.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a waiter holding a folder with a 'bill' that looks like a bird's beak, ready to 'peck' your wallet.

📖 Example

The waiter walked over with a small leather folder and said, "Here is your bill. Please pay at the counter whenever you're ready. 🔊 The waiter walked over with a small leather folder and said, 'Here is your bill. Please pay at the counter whenever you're ready.'

🔗 Collocations

pay the bill – to settle the charges

split the bill – to divide the total cost among multiple people

bill please – a polite request for the check

🔄 Synonyms

Here is your check (phr.) – U.S. English variant of 'Here is your bill'

Your total is ready (phr.) – Another way to announce the amount due

Here's the bill (phr.) – Common informal version of the phrase

📖 Cultural Story

The word 'bill' stems from Latin 'bulla' (seal). By the 16th century, it meant a written statement. 'Here is your bill' became standard in 19th-century restaurants as the moment of payment request.