Bills

Examples

• Except bills of exchange, and some other mercantile bills, all other deeds, bonds, and contracts, are subject to a stamp duty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This bank was more liberal than any other had ever been, both in granting cash-accounts, and in discounting bills of exchange. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Sad doings, Miss, these here bills being returned. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He had bills coming due next week and no means to meet them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They paid so much dearer for the bills which their bankers granted them upon those countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• As a man of the world, Colonel, you know that men do not carry other people's bills about in their pockets. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• When I say paper, I mean bills. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Come, I'll draw up these here bills. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Everybody else within the bills of mortality was hot; but the Patriarch was perfectly cool. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But if you have run into debt, you must suffer the consequences, and put aside your monthly income till your bills are paid. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The house bills were all paid, the books all in order. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• His family is nothing but bills, dirt, waste, noise, tumbles downstairs, confusion, and wretchedness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We started to collect some bills; but we found that our books were kept badly, and that the person in charge, who was no business man, had neglected that part of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It took him at least ten years to pay off his college bills contracted during his father's lifetime. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A merchant, without over-trading, may frequently have occasion for a sum of ready money, even when he has no bills to discount. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In pursuance of the same act, the bank cancelled exchequer bills to the amount of ? 1,775,027: 17s: 10?d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It's the worst of me, that I never do pay my bills. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I do not mean to be conferred in Baptism upon our children, but to be inscribed on Bills of Exchange, and negotiated in the Money Market. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He paid his bills in England, Dobbin added, but he had not a hundred pounds in the world when he fell. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The bills of the little household, which had been settled weekly, first fell into arrear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Vith the bills for the lease, and that, there's eleven hundred and eighty pound here. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When some of the bills fell due, and I couldn't deliver tickers to get a supply of money, I gave a note. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• People say that Gus Trenor pays her bills. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Mr. Shelby was busy in counting some bundles of bills, which, as they were counted, he pushed over to the trader, who counted them likewise. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He always prints, I know, 'cos he learnt writin' from the large bills in the booking-offices. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The previous year she had made a dazzling debut fringed by a heavy thunder-cloud of bills. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But I think it must have been by something more than chance, for that child--You remember the bills upon the walls at home? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I'll give bills for the amount, at sixpence a month,' said Sam. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Lord Ponsonby's well-known rap at the door occasioned Smith to be bundled into the street, bills and all, without the slightest ceremony. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Confound the bills upon the walls at home! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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