bill
IPA: bˈɪɫ
noun
- Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
- A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
- Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
- A pickaxe, or mattock.
- (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
- The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
- A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
- Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
- A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
- A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
- A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
- (obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.
- (US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
- (slang, Canada, US) One hundred dollars.
- (slang, UK) One hundred pounds sterling.
- A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
- A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods
- A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document; a bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.
- A set of items presented together.
- The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
- A diminutive of the male given name William.
- A surname.
- (Britain, slang) A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"
verb
- (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
- (obsolete) to peck
- to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness
- (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
- (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.
- (transitive, intransitive, UK, slang) To roll up a marijuana cigarette.
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Examples of "bill" in Sentences
- The bill was defeated by a filibuster.
- It was hidden in the counterfeit bills.
- That the earmark was hidden in the bill
- A bill to enact the Heads of Agreement stage of the bill.
- Buyer's bank exchanges bill of lading for payment from the buyer.
- The gape of the bill is therefore on the dorsal side of the bill.
- The charge is to the woman, the bill goes to the insurance company.
- The containers thus served as a bill of lading or an accounts book.
- The problem is, the banks can't link the bills to a specific depositor.
- The Bursar Statement is also known as a tuition bill or a student account bill.
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