pay bills
Clear financial obligations
To pay bills is to settle financial obligations—utilities, rent, credit cards, subscriptions.
The phrase often represents adult responsibility more broadly: I've got bills to pay can mean both literal expenses and the general burden of financial obligation.
Someone who pays the bills provides the household income.
The activity is mundane but essential, a recurring task that structures adult life.
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- dueOwed or expected
- due dateWhen payment is required
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
rent · mortgage · check · online · autopay · deadline · on time · balance · overdue · past due · electricity · water · credit · debt · monthly · mailbox · envelope · checkbook
- to-do listgrocery shopping, laundry, dishes, vacuuming, meeting
- errandsgrocery shopping, groceries, grocery run, dry cleaning, pharmacy