"bulk bill" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: EN-AU ck1 bulk bill.ogg [Australia] Forms: bulk bills [present, singular, third-person], bulk billing [participle, present], bulk billed [participle, past], bulk billed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} bulk bill (third-person singular simple present bulk bills, present participle bulk billing, simple past and past participle bulk billed)
  1. (Australia) To invoice the government or insurer, and not the patient, for medical expenses incurred at a general practitioner or other medical service provider. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-bulk_bill-en-verb-OHDCCo60 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bulk, bill. Synonyms: bulk-bill Derived forms: bulk billing
    Sense id: en-bulk_bill-en-verb-itg43c65

Inflected forms

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