Get bill reduced, strange to tell (8)
I believe the answer is:
acquaint
'tell' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'get bill reduced strange' is the wordplay.
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bill' becomes 'acc'.
'reduced' means to remove the last letter.
'strange' becomes 'quaint' ('quaint' can be similar in meaning to 'strange'**).
'acc' with its last letter removed is 'ac'.
'ac' next to 'quaint' is 'ACQUAINT'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for acquaint that I've seen before include "Get familiar" , "Get to come to know" , "get up to date" , "American to introduce" , "brief" .)