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bill

1

[ bil ]

noun

  1. a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:

    He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.

    Synonyms: statement, invoice, reckoning

  2. a piece of paper money worth a specified amount:

    a ten-dollar bill.

  3. Government. a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.
  4. a written or printed public notice or advertisement.

    Synonyms: broadside, flier, throwaway, circular, announcement, placard, poster, handbill, bulletin

  5. any written paper containing a statement of particulars:

    a bill of expenditures.

  6. Law. a written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court.
  7. Slang. one hundred dollars:

    The job pays five bills a week.

  8. entertainment scheduled for presentation; program:

    a good bill at the movies.

  9. Obsolete.
    1. a written and sealed document.
    2. a written, formal petition.


verb (used with object)

  1. to charge for by bill; send a bill to:

    The store will bill me.

  2. to enter (charges) in a bill; make a bill or list of:

    to bill goods.

  3. to advertise by bill or public notice:

    A new actor was billed for this week.

  4. to schedule on a program:

    The management billed the play for two weeks.

bill

2

[ bil ]

noun

  1. the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
  2. the visor of a cap or other head covering.
  3. a beaklike promontory or headland.

verb (used without object)

  1. to join bills or beaks, as doves.

bill

3

[ bil ]

noun

  1. a medieval shafted weapon having at its head a hooklike cutting blade with a beak at the back.
  2. Also called billman. a person armed with a bill.
  3. Also called billhook. a sharp, hooked instrument used for pruning, cutting, etc.
  4. Also called pea. Nautical. the extremity of a fluke of an anchor.

bill

4

[ bil ]

noun

British Dialect.
  1. the cry of the bittern.

Bill

5

[ bil ]

noun

  1. a first name, form of William.

bill

1

/ bɪl /

noun

  1. money owed for goods or services supplied

    an electricity bill

  2. a written or printed account or statement of money owed
  3. such an account for food and drink in a restaurant, hotel, etc Usual US and Canadian wordcheck
  4. any printed or written list of items, events, etc, such as a theatre programme

    who's on the bill tonight?

  5. fit the bill or fill the bill informal.
    to serve or perform adequately
  6. a statute in draft, before it becomes law
  7. a printed notice or advertisement; poster
  8. a piece of paper money; note
  9. an obsolete name for promissory note
  10. archaic.
    any document
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to send or present an account for payment to (a person)
  2. to enter (items, goods, etc) on an account or statement
  3. to advertise by posters
  4. to schedule as a future programme

    the play is billed for next week

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bill

2

/ bɪl /

noun

  1. the mouthpart of a bird, consisting of projecting jaws covered with a horny sheath; beak. It varies in shape and size according to the type of food eaten and may also be used as a weapon
  2. any beaklike mouthpart in other animals
  3. a narrow promontory

    Portland Bill

  4. nautical the pointed tip of the fluke of an anchor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (of birds, esp doves) to touch bills together
  2. (of lovers) to kiss and whisper amorously
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bill

3

/ bɪl /

noun

  1. a pike or halberd with a narrow hooked blade
  2. short for billhook
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bill

4

/ bɪl /

noun

  1. ornithol another word for boom 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • bill·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bill1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English bille, from Anglo-French, from Anglo-Latin billa for Late Latin bulla “seal”; bull 3

Origin of bill2

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bile, bille, Old English bile “beak, trunk”; akin to bill 3

Origin of bill3

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bil, Old English bill “sword”; cognate with Old High German bil “pickax”

Origin of bill4

First recorded in 1780–90; akin to bell 2, bellow
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bill1

C14: from Anglo-Latin billa , alteration of Late Latin bulla document, bull ³

Origin of bill2

Old English bile ; related to bill bill ³

Origin of bill3

Old English bill sword, related to Old Norse bīldr instrument used in blood-letting, Old High German bil pickaxe

Origin of bill4

C18: from dialect beel bell ² (vb)
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. bill and coo, to kiss or fondle and whisper endearments, as lovers:

    My sister and her boyfriend were billing and cooing on the front porch.

  2. fit the bill, to be just what is needed for a particular purpose: Also fill the bill.

    If you're looking for things to do with the family, this not-too-spooky Great Pumpkin Fest is sure to fit the bill.

More idioms and phrases containing bill

see clean bill of health ; fill the bill ; foot the bill ; sell a bill of goods .
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Example Sentences

Newsom, noting the costs, vetoed Dodd’s bill and instead instructed the Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training, commonly known as POST, to develop optional classes.

Days before Christmas, Republicans in Congress tried to ram through a spending bill that strips childhood cancer research from the federal budget.

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Musk basically wrote his own spending bill, with Trumpov meekly signing on.

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With bills continuing to rise, these qualities may work to the advantage of the clubs.

From BBC

The complaint notes that this practice harmed both diners and restaurants; customers often encountered outdated menus and chaotic ordering systems, while restaurants were left to manage frustrated diners and unpaid bills.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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