bill

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[[t]bɪl[/t]]

n.

1) a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied

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

a ten-dollar bill[/ex]

3) gov 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

5) any written statement of particulars

6) law a written statement, usu. of complaint, presented to a court

7) sts Informal. a one-hundred-dollar bill or the sum of one hundred dollars

8) sbz

playbill

9) sbz entertainment scheduled for presentation; program:

a good bill at the movies[/ex]

10) to send a list of charges to

11) bus to enter (charges) in a bill

12) to advertise (something) by bill or public notice

13) sbz to schedule on a program:

to bill the play for two weeks[/ex]

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- fill the bill

Etymology: 1300–50; ME bille < AF < AL billa, for LL bulla bull bill′er, n. II

bill

[[t]bɪl[/t]] n.

1) orn the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak

2) cvb the visor of a cap

3) a beaklike headland

4) to join bills, as doves

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- bill and coo

Etymology: bef. 1000; ME bile, bille, OE bile beak, trunk; akin to bill III

bill

[[t]bɪl[/t]] n.

1) mil a medieval shafted weapon having at its head a hooklike cutting blade with a beak at the back

2) Also called billhook

a sharp, hooked instrument used for pruning, cutting, etc.

3) naut. navig. the extremity of a fluke of an anchor

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Etymology: bef. 1000; ME bil, OE bill sword, c. OHG bill pickax