BILL
\bˈɪl], \bˈɪl], \b_ˈɪ_l]\
Definitions of BILL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
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the entertainment offered at a public presentation
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a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
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a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree"
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a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
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an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
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publicize or announce by placards
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advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
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demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
By Princeton University
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a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
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demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although e stayed only 3 nights"
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the entertainment offered at a public presentation
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a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
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a long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree"
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a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
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an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
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advertise esp. by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
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publicize or announce by placards
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.
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To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness.
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The bell, or boom, of the bittern
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A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.
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One who wields a bill; a billman.
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A pickax, or mattock.
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The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
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To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.
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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.
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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.
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A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
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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.
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An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
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Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
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To advertise by a bill or public notice.
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To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.
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An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials.
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A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; - used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.
By Oddity Software
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A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.
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To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness.
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The bell, or boom, of the bittern
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A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.
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One who wields a bill; a billman.
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A pickax, or mattock.
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The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
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To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.
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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.
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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.
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A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
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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.
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An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
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Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
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To advertise by a bill or public notice.
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To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.
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A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; - used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.
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An act or a conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials.
By Noah Webster.
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An account for goods sold, services given, or work done; a paper binding the signer or signers to pay a definite sum at a certain date or on demand; a copy of a proposed law presented to a legislature; a printed advertisement; any written paper containing a statement of particulars; a written declaration of wrong or injury; the beak of a bird; a kind of hatchet with a blade hook-shaped toward the point, used in pruning, etc.; a battle-ax, attached to a long staff, formerly used by soldiers on foot.
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To advertise by bills or posters; to make a list of; as, to bill goods.
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To join beaks; as, doves bill and coo; hence, to caress fondly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A kind of battle-axe: a hatchet with a hooked point for pruning.
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The beak of a bird, or anything like it.
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To join bills as doves: to caress fondly.
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An account of money: a draft of a proposed law: a written engagement to pay a sum of money at a fixed date: a placard or advertisement: any written statement of particulars.
By Daniel Lyons
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A public notice.
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An account of money due; a note; draft of a law.
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The beak of a bird; a hatchet or axe with a hooked point.
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To caress fondly, as birds.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A public notice.
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To join bills, as doves; caress.
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A statement of an account.
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A bank or government-note.
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A list of items.
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The draft of a proposed law.
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A beak, as of a bird.
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A hook-shaped instrument or weapon; a halberd.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] The beak of a fowl.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A hook-shaped cutting instrument, fitted with a handle;—an ancient battle-axe, consisting of a broad, hook-shaped blade, a short pike at the beak and another at the summit, and a long staff;—a mattock;—the point of the fluke of an anchor.
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n. [New French] A note or written document;—a note of charge; an account;—a statement of goods sold, work done, service rendered with annexed prices;—a public notice or advertisement;—a measure projected, and proposed to become law;—a written declaration or charge of injury, injustice, or crime; a written obligation to pay money, under the hand, or seal of granter.
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