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bill (bil)

noun

  1. a statement, usually itemized, of charges for goods or services; invoice
  2. a statement or list, as a menu, theater program, ship's roster, etc.
  3. a poster or handbill, esp. one announcing a circus, show, etc.
  4. the entertainment offered in a theater
  5. a draft of a law proposed to a lawmaking body
  6. a bill of exchange
  7. any promissory note
    1. a bank note or piece of paper money
    2. Slang a hundred dollars or a hundred-dollar bill
  8. Obsolete a written document, esp. one with a seal
  9. 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

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

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bill Idioms

fill the bill

Informal to meet the requirements
bill2 definition

bill (bil)

noun

  1. the horny jaws of a bird, usually projecting to a point; beak
  2. a beaklike mouth part, as of a turtle
  3. the point of an anchor fluke
  4. ☆ the peak, or visor, of a cap

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

intransitive verb

  1. to touch bills together
  2. to caress someone lovingly: now only in the phrase bill and coo, to kiss, talk softly, etc. in a loving way
bill3 definition

bill (bil)

noun

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

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

Bill definition

Bill (bil)

noun

a masculine name

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bill Synonyms

bill

n.

  1. A statement of account

    invoice, itemized account, request for payment, check, tab*; see also statement 3.

  2. A piece of paper money

    bank note, note, Federal Reserve note, currency, paper money, gold certificate, silver certificate, dollar bill, long green*, greenback*, folding money*, skin*, one-spot*, fiver*, five-spot*, tenner*, ten-spot*, sawbuck*, C-note*; see also dollar, money 1.

  3. A statement prepared for enactment into law

    draft, measure, proposal, act, proposed act, piece of legislation; see also law 3.

  4. A handbill

    poster, circular, folder; see advertisement 1, 2.

  5. A formal statement, usually legal

    charge, allegation, indictment; see declaration 2.

  6. A beak

    nib, mandible, projection; see beak.

fill the bill*

meet requirements, be satisfactory, serve the purpose; see satisfy 3.


bill

v.

  1. To request payment

    dun, solicit, charge, render or send account of indebtedness, draw upon, send a statement, invoice.

  2. To advertise, especially a coming attraction

    announce, book, give advance notice of; see advertise 1.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

bill Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fit: In their current format long term fixed rates do not fit the bill.

Adjective modifier

  • ingrossed: An ingrossed Bill for improvement of Tillage was read a Third time.

Modifies a noun

  • payer: You must be over 18 with the bill payers permission before you call.

Noun used with modifier

  • draft: The draft Bill, with notes, is set out at Annex 2.

Possessives

  • vet: All vets ' bills will paid by the league.

Preposition: of

  • lading: Further, under the Hamburg Rules, which were in force in Chile, this constituted good delivery under the bills of lading.
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bill quotes

Death comes along like a gas bill one can't payöand that's all one can sayabout it.

-Wilson

This monstrous mixture of imbecility, extravagance and political hysteria, better known as the Bill for the future government of Irelandöthis farrago of superlative nonsense, is to be put in motion for this reason and no other: to gratify the ambition of an old man in a hurry.

-Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer

Alas, alas, who's injured by my love? What merchant's ships have my sighs drowned? Who says my tears have overflowed his ground? When did my colds a forward spring remove? When did the heats which my veins fill Add one more to the plaguey bill? Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men, which quarrels move, Though she and I do love.

-Donne,John

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