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bill

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/

The English word “bill” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
  2. A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
  3. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
  4. 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.
  5. A piece of paper money; a banknote.
  6. One hundred dollars.
  7. One hundred pounds sterling.
  8. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge owing; an invoice.
  9. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, listing the price or charge paid; a receipt.
  10. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods
  11. A writing that binds 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.
  12. A set of items presented together.
  13. A list of pupils to be disciplined for breaking school rules.
  14. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
  15. A beaklike projection, especially a promontory.
  16. Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

verb

  1. To advertise by a bill or public notice.
  2. To charge; to send a bill to.
  3. to peck
  4. to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

Etymology

From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”). Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla.

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