Meaning of "Bills"

[zong_liyan]

Test No. incompl/inter-74 "Christmas Postman (1)", question 2

Was because I had amassed some rather large ..........

(a) sums
(b) amounts
(c) bills
(d) totals

Test No. incompl/inter-74 "Christmas Postman (1)", answer 2

Was because I had amassed some rather large bills.

Correct answer: (c) bills

Your answer was: correct
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How to explain the noun bills.

zong liyan

[Alan]

Hi zong_liyan,

The word bills means invoices or accounts that you have to pay. If you receive a service from someone like repairing your computer, they will send you a bill/invoice telling you how much you have to pay.

Alan
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[Saneta]

can't 'bills' mean 'banknotes' in this sentence, because in the next question we have the info that the perso had got no money?

thanks

[Beeesneees]

Because the person has no money then it is certain that #bills' cannot be used to mean 'banknotes' here.
If the person had 'amassed some large banknotes' that would mean he has a lot of money.
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