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Definition of 'bill'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en-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.
* (rfdate), (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
- France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows and bills .
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons .
- In the British Museum there is an entry of a warrant, granted to Nicholas Spicer, authorising him to impress smiths for making two thousand Welch bills or glaives.
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.
- (Strype)
A pickaxe, or mattock.
(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
Synonyms
* (weapon) polearm
* (cutting instrument) billhook, hand bill, hedge bill
* (somebody armed with a bill) billman
Derived terms
* brown-bill
Verb
( en-verb)
To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
Etymology 2
(etyl) (m), of unknown origin.
Noun
( en-noun)
The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal.
* 1595', The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny '''bill , The throstle with his note so true, The wren with little quill... — William Shakespeare, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act III, Scene I, line 125.
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A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
Synonyms
* (beak of a bird) beak, neb, nib, pecker
Derived terms
* duckbill
Verb
( en-verb)
(obsolete) To peck.
To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.
* 1599 , As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.
Etymology 3
(etyl) . Compare bull.
Noun
( en-noun)
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.
* 1600', Why, I'll exhibit a '''bill in the parliament for the putting down of men. — William Shakespeare, ''The Merry Wives of Windsor , Act II, Scene I, line 28.
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(obsolete|legal) 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) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
* 1830', Anon, ''The Galaxy of Wit: Or, Laughing Philosopher, Being a Collection of Choice Anecdotes, Many of Which Originated in or about "The Literary Emporium"'' — He gave the change for a three dollar '''bill'''. Upon examination, the ' bill proved to be counterfeit.
A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
* 1607', My lord, here is my '''bill . — William Shakespeare, ''Timon of Athens , Act III, Scene IV, line 85.
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 placard; a poster; a handbill.
* 1595', In the meantime I will draw a '''bill of properties, such as our play wants. — William Shakespeare, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act I, Scene II, line 104.
* She put up the bill in her parlor window. — Dickens.
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.
* 1600 , Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, Master Parson; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. — William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor , Act I, Scene I, line 8.
Synonyms
* (account of goods) account, invoice
* (written or printed advertisement posted or otherwise distributed) broadsheet, broadside, card,circular, flier, flyer, handbill, poster, posting, placard, notice, throwaway
* (draft of a law) measure
* (writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day) bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note
Derived terms
* bill of adventure
* bill of costs
* bill of credit
* bill of divorce
* bill of entry
* bill of exceptions
* bill of exchange
( rel-mid4)
* bill of fare
* bill of goods
* bill of health
* bill of indictment
* bill of lading
* bill of mortality
* bill of pains and penalties
( rel-mid4)
* bill of parcels
* bill of particulars
* bill of rights
* bill of sale
* bill of sight
* bill of store
* bill of sufferance
( rel-mid4)
* bills payable
* bills receivable
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* Treasury bill
* T-bill
* true bill
( rel-bottom)
See also
* (l)
Verb
( en-verb)
To advertise by a bill or public notice.
To charge; to send a bill to.
Synonyms
* (to advertise by a bill) placard
* (to charge) charge
Etymology 4
Noun
( en-noun)
The bell, or boom, of the bittern.
* Wordsworth
- The bittern's hollow bill was heard.
Similar to 'bill'bbl, bel, bull, bell, ball, bol, bil, bowel, bowl, boil, bail, boll, biol, bawl, buhl, bool, beal, boul, bael
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