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Verb: fill the bill
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: fit the bill)
  1. Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required
    "Does this restaurant fill the bill for the celebration?";
    - fit the bill

Derived forms: fills the bill, filled the bill, filling the bill

Type of: conform to, fill, fit, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], meet, satisfy