Account - Invoice - Check
These are all words for a record of how much you owe for goods or services you have bought or used.
Bill a list of goods that you have bought or services that you have used, showing how much you owe; the price or cost of sth: the gas bill.
Account an arrangement with a shop/store or business to pay bills for goods or services at a later time, for example in regular amounts every month: Put it on my account please.
Invoice (rather formal) a bill for goods that sb has bought or work that has been done for sb: The builders sent an invoice for $350.
Check (NAmE) a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the food and drinks that you have had in restaurants: Can I have the deck, please? Remember in British English the usual word for this is bill.
Bill or invoice?
You would get a bill in a restaurant, bar or hotel; from a company that supplies you with gas, electricity, etc.; or from sb whose property you have damaged. An invoice is for goods supplied or work done as agreed between a customer and supplier.
Patterns
*The bill/invoice/check for sth
*To pay/settle a(n) bill/account/invoice/check
*To put sth on the/sb’s bill/account/invoice/check
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