(UK, informal) To figure out whether one can afford to pay for something.
(UK, informal) To figure out whether one can afford to pay for something.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A quick assessment of someone's financial situation or spending behavior — are they actually about that money or just performing it? A bill check cuts through the flex to ask whether someone can back up their lifestyle with real funds. It can be applied to a person ('run a bill check on him before going into business together') or to a situation ('let me do a bill check before we book this trip'). In both cases it's about verifying that the resources match the energy before anyone gets caught short.
(intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause