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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Check-in & Check-out

Bill

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/bɪl/nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, bill means: A document showing what a guest must pay for the room, meals and other services, or the total amount itself.

In Turkish: hesap, hesap dökümü, fatura

How it is used

Guests ask for the bill at the restaurant and at check-out. Staff charge items to the bill, print or email it, and the guest pays or settles it. In hotel systems the guest's running bill is called a folio; a formal tax document for a company is an invoice.

Example sentences

  1. Could we have the bill, please? We're in a bit of a hurry.

  2. Here's your bill. Please check the minibar charges before you sign.

Common collocations

  • ask for the bill
  • charge to the bill
  • pay the bill
  • itemized bill
  • split the bill
  • check outTo pay your bill, return your key and leave a hotel at the end of your stay.
  • settle the billTo pay everything a guest owes at the end of a stay or a meal, so that the account is closed.
  • incidentalsExtra charges a guest makes during a stay that are not part of the room rate, such as minibar, room service or phone calls.
  • tipAn extra amount of money that a guest gives a waiter, porter, driver or other staff member to thank them for good service.

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