bill
bill (bil)
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
- ☆
- a bank note or piece of paper money
- 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
Etymology: 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
- to advertise by bills or posters
- to book or engage (a performer or performance)
- to post bills or placards throughout (a town, etc.)
- to book for shipping
Related Forms:
- billable bill′·able adjective
fill the bill
☆bill (bil)
noun
- the horny jaws of a bird, usually projecting to a point; beak
- a beaklike mouth part, as of a turtle
- the point of an anchor fluke
- ☆ the peak, or visor, of a cap
Etymology: ME & OE bile < IE base *bhei-, to strike
intransitive verb
- to touch bills together
- to caress someone lovingly: now only in the phrase bill and coo, to kiss, talk softly, etc. in a loving way
bill (bil)
Bill (bil)
noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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