bill

Bill is defined as a statement of fees or charges, or a list of what's available or offered.

(noun)

An example of bill is a list of prices for cleaning clothes dropped at a dry cleaners.
An example of bill is a poster outside of a theater showing who's performing.

The definition of a bill is a beak or beak-like part of an animal.

(noun)

An example of bill is a duck's mouth.

See bill in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a statement, usually itemized, of charges for goods or services; invoice
a statement or list, as a menu, theater program, ship's roster, etc.
a poster or handbill, esp. one announcing a circus, show, etc.
the entertainment offered in a theater
a draft of a law proposed to a lawmaking body
a bill of exchange
any promissory note
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1. a bank note or piece of paper money
2. Slang a hundred dollars or a hundred-dollar bill
Obsolete a written document, esp. one with a seal
Law a written declaration of charges or complaints filed in a legal action

Origin: ME bille < Anglo-L billa, altered < ML bulla, sealed document < L, knob, bubble: see boil

transitive verb

to make out a bill of (items); list
to present a statement of charges to
1. to advertise by bills or posters
2. to book or engage (a performer or performance)
to post bills or placards throughout (a town, etc.)
to book for shipping

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noun

Origin: ME & OE bile < IE base *bhei-, to strike

intransitive verb

to touch bills together
to caress someone lovingly: now only in the phrase , to kiss, talk softly, etc. in a loving way

noun

a medieval weapon having a hook-shaped blade with a spike at the back, mounted on a long staff
billhook

Origin: ME bil < OE bill: for IE base see bill

noun

a masculine name

See bill in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.
A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.
The entertainment offered by a theater.
A public notice, such as an advertising poster.
a. A piece of legal paper money: a ten-dollar bill.
b. Slang One hundred dollars.
a. A bill of exchange.
b. Obsolete A promissory note.
a. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
b. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
Law A document presented to a court and containing a formal statement of a case, complaint, or petition.

transitive verb billed, bill·ing, bills

To present a statement of costs or charges to.
To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.
a. To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.
b. To declare or describe officially; proclaim: a policy that was billed as an important departure for the administration.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bille

Origin: , from Norman French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin billa

Origin: , alteration of bulla, seal on a document

Origin: , from Latin, bubble

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