Bill Definition

bĭl
billed, billing, bills
noun
bills
An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.
American Heritage
A statement, usually itemized, of charges for goods or services; invoice.
Webster's New World
A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.
American Heritage
A statement or list, as a menu, theater program, ship's roster, etc.
Webster's New World
The entertainment offered by a theater.
American Heritage
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verb
billed, billing, bills
To present a statement of costs or charges to.
American Heritage
To touch beaks together.
American Heritage
To make out a bill of (items); list.
Webster's New World
To touch bills together.
Webster's New World
To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.
American Heritage
pronoun

A diminutive of the male given name William.

Wiktionary

(UK, slang) A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"

Wiktionary
(US, slang) One Hundred Dollars.
Wiktionary
idiom
bill and coo
  • To kiss or caress and murmur endearments.
American Heritage
fill the bill
  • to meet the requirements
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bill

Noun

Singular:
bill
Plural:
bills

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bill

Origin of Bill

  • Middle English bille from Norman French from Medieval Latin billa alteration of bulla seal on a document from Latin bubble

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal", "sealed document”). Compare bull.

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English bil, from West Germanic. Cognate with German Bille (“axe”) and Dutch bijl (“axe”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bil from Old English bill

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English bile

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English bile, of unknown origin.

    From Wiktionary

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