English Dictionary

divorce bill

noun

Money agreed in settlement of a divorce. / (UK politics) The payment to be given to the EU on the UK's exit of the European Union, estimated at around £39bn.

The divorce bill was finally settled after months of negotiations.

意味（1）

Money agreed in settlement of a divorce.

The former British wife of a Russian billionaire, who was ordered to pay a 453 million pound ($572 million) divorce bill, has claimed the first sliver of the award after seizing and selling a helicopter, her advisers said on Thursday.

意味（2）

(UK politics) The payment to be given to the EU on the UK's exit of the European Union, estimated at around £39bn.

In part, this is because it is impossible to know what the UK’s divorce bill will be until the EU knows what the relationship looks likes after 2019: if the UK seeks to stay as a paying member within some programmes, for example, that would reduce the bill.