Utility bill
Urdu translation: یوٹیلیٹی بل
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|  Selected response from: Irshad Muhammad Pakistan Local time: 13:46 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | یوٹیلیٹی بل |
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| 5 +1 | سہولیات کا بل |
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| 5 +1 | بل براءے فراہمی گیس۔ بجلی |
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| 4 +1 | صرفی حساب نامہ |
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| 4 +1 | افادیت کا بل |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| utility bill صرفی حساب نامہ Language variant: صرف کی ہؤی اشیائ یا خدمات کا بل Explanation: Utility bill is an invoice for services, (or goods provided under third party services) used or utilised. Where Utility, is a generalised term for various domestic services from the basic electric, water, gas, phone services etc. to window cleaning and laundring services etc. (although the latter have their own specified terms). بجلی، پانی، سوئی گیس، اور فون جیسی گھریلو صرف کی جانے والی خدمات کے بل کا ایک اجتماعی نام/لفظ Example sentence(s):
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| utility bill افادیت کا بل Explanation: There is no equivalent for this phrase in Urdu, i think the best alternative is Ifadiyut ka bill, should be elaborated in brackets or in footnotes. |
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| utility bill یوٹیلیٹی بل Explanation: It is very frequent in Pakistan to see "Utility bills yahan jamah kiey jate haiN" displayed on the particular windows of banks and Post offices which offer this service. The translations given above might be correct from the literal point of view but never have been observed in the practical usage. As Urdu has ability to adopt the words/phrases from English language and any foreign word which gets popular amongst the society is considered to be included in this langauge. So, it seems appropriate to use the transliteration of the word. Example sentence(s):
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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