BILL
ADJECTIVES
1892 ► WARM of a bill: exorbitant in its charges → colloq.
NOUNS
1300 ► LAY a bill, a reckoning, a score → obs.
L18.. ► APOTHECARY’S BILL a substantial bill → sl.
1886 ► DAMPER a lunch bill, or more generally, a dinner bill; the bill in a restaurant → UK society sl.
1886 ► RECKLIN a bill, a reckoning, a account → Eng. dial.
1898 ► SCRIP a bill, a reckoning → Sc.
L19.. ► TAB the bill, credit, an IOU; used fig. to imply that an action, good, or bad, will be paid for later → US sl.
1904 ► SCOT the amount of a bill; an alehouse reckoning → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► BAD NEWS the amount charged for service as stated on a bill or restaurant check → Amer. sl.
1951 ► GRUNT the bill for food, drink → US sl.
1975 ► BEEF a customer’s bill or check → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DAMAGE the amount of the bill → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1845 ► TAD a person who attempts to avoid paying a bill → colloq., orig. & chiefly Amer.
1920 ► DARBY → DERBY a wealthy person who will usually pay the bill in a restaurant, bar, etc. → US sl.
1950 ► SKINNER a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BAD PAY a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BAD PAYMASTER a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BEATER a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial., esp. African-American
1965 ► DEADHEAD a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1965 ► GRABBER a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1965 ► NO-ACCOUNT a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1967 ► POOR SKATE a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1967 ► SHORT SKATE a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BILL-JUMP a person who doesn’t pay his bills → Amer. dial.
1996 ► HARDMOUTH a person who argues and resists when it is time to pay a bill → W. Indies sl.
VERBS
M17. ► SCONCE OFF to run off without paying a bill → sl.
1688 ► SMUGGLE THE COAL to make people believe one has no money when the reckoning is to be paid → sl., obs.
L18.. ► DO THE NEEDFUL to pay a bill → sl.
1824 ► RETIRE to take up and pay a bill when due → Sc.
1887 ► SHOOT THE CROW to steal away without paying one’s bill; to depart hurriedly, to abscond → Sc. sl.
1940 ► OK → OKAY to pay someone’s bill → US sl.
19C.. ► FOOT THE BILL to pay a bill → sl., orig. US
19C.. ► SCONCE THE RECKONING to run off without paying a bill → sl.
2002 ► PICK UP THE TAB to pay the bill → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► CUFF to put a charge on one’s bill → US sl. (Bk.)
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