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green and no bills

English translation: environmentally-friendly, and free of charge!

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English term or phrase:green and no bills
Selected answer:environmentally-friendly, and free of charge!
Entered by: Walter Landesman

17:49 May 10, 2007
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Real Estate / advertising
English term or phrase: green and no bills
energy / generator system with advanced technology, fast becoming the number one choice over mains electric ... totally independent, 'green' and no bills ..!
2080

Context: from a real estate ad

I know it is playing with the words, "green" as in ecology and in the usd bills.
But I am not sure of the final meaning. What does NO BILLS stand for here? Does it mean that it is a GREEN and FREE system, at no cost? or "I am saying GREEN, however I am not talking about the bills but about ecology"?
Walter Landesman
Uruguay
Local time: 02:33
environmentally-friendly, and free of charge!
Explanation:
I don't know for sure if their is any pun intended, certainly, it would be lost on a UK readership, anyway.

By 'green', it simply means 'environmentally-friendly'

By 'No bills', it means 'no utility bills/invoices to pay', i.e. solar energy is free for everyone

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-05-10 18:05:34 GMT)
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Of course the original installation is not free, but after that, the electricity / heat generated is free, so after the initial investment, no regular bills to pay.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 07:33
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5 +6environmentally-friendly, and free of charge!
Tony M
3no hay que pagar la luz
Michael torhan (X)


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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
no hay que pagar la luz


Explanation:
The "bill" in this case sounds like the monthly bill for electricity.

Michael torhan (X)
United States
Local time: 22:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Er, do you know something I don't, or did you get the language pair wrong?
3 mins
  -> You're right Tony. My Kudos displays ES-SP combos and ES-ES, but I seldom see the latter and it wasn't obvious to me at a glance.
neutral  Will Matter: Uh, ingles por favor, amigo. Welcome to ProZ. // Sure. Just trying to help.
13 mins
  -> Thanks for rephrasing Will, just in case I didn't understand Tony.
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
environmentally-friendly, and free of charge!


Explanation:
I don't know for sure if their is any pun intended, certainly, it would be lost on a UK readership, anyway.

By 'green', it simply means 'environmentally-friendly'

By 'No bills', it means 'no utility bills/invoices to pay', i.e. solar energy is free for everyone

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-05-10 18:05:34 GMT)
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Of course the original installation is not free, but after that, the electricity / heat generated is free, so after the initial investment, no regular bills to pay.

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: OK, I wasn`t sure if it was that or it was refering to the color of dolar bills. Thanks a lot.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cmwilliams (X)
13 mins
  -> Thanks, CMW!
agree  Will Matter
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Will!
agree  Alexander Demyanov: Certainly no utility bills, although there may be some ongoing expenses for regular maintenance, etc.
15 mins
  -> Spasibo, Alexander! Yes of course, I'm sure here they mean 'regular electricity bills', as distinct from normal maintenance costs
agree  Alexandra Tussing
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rusinterp!
agree  Hakki Ucar
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Hakki!
agree  Marion Lurf: Without the hyphen between "environmentally" and "friendly" ;-)//UK reference: http://www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199296251/essential... //Ok, I rest my case. PS: Looks like I'm not the only one up at this time of night, btw. ;)
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marion! that would be correct for US usage, yes; but in the UK, the hyphen is still in widespread use. / Opinions are divided, but Oxford Reference still approves the hyphen for UK usage.
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