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bill1    Audio Help   [bil] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.
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.bill of exchange.
5.a written or printed public notice or advertisement.
6.any written paper containing a statement of particulars: a bill of expenditures.
7.Law. a written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court.
8.Slang. one hundred dollars: The job pays five bills a week.
9.playbill.
10.entertainment scheduled for presentation; program: a good bill at the movies.
11.Obsolete.
a.a promissory note.
b.a written and sealed document.
c.a written, formal petition.
–verb (used with object)
12.to charge for by bill; send a bill to: The store will bill me.
13.to enter (charges) in a bill; make a bill or list of: to bill goods.
14.to advertise by bill or public notice: A new actor was billed for this week.
15.to schedule on a program: The management billed the play for two weeks.
—Idiom
16.fill the bill, to fulfill the purpose or need well: As a sprightly situation comedy this show fills the bill.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME bille < AF < AL billa for LL bulla bull2]

—Related forms
biller, noun

—Synonyms 1. reckoning, invoice, statement. 5. bulletin, handbill, poster, placard, announcement, circular, throwaway, flyer, broadside.
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bill2    Audio Help   [bil] Pronunciation Key
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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)
4.to join bills or beaks, as doves.
—Idiom
5.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.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME bile, bille, OE bile beak, trunk; akin to bill3]
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bill3    Audio Help   [bil] Pronunciation Key
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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.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME bil, OE bill sword; c. OHG bil pickax]
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bill4    Audio Help   [bil] Pronunciation Key
–noun British Dialect.
the cry of the bittern.
[Origin: 1780–90; akin to bell2, bellow]
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Bill    Audio Help   [bil] Pronunciation Key
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a male given name, form of William.
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Clin·ton    Audio Help   [klin-tn] Pronunciation Key
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1.De Witt    Audio Help   [duh wit] Pronunciation Key, 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
2.George, 1739–1812, governor of New York 1777–95, 1801–04: vice president of the U.S. 1805–12.
3.Sir Henry, 1738?–95, commander in chief of the British forces in the American Revolutionary War.
4.Hillary Rodham, born 1947, U.S. politician: senator from New York since 2001 (wife of William J. Clinton).
5.James, 1733–1812, American general in the Revolutionary War (brother of George Clinton).
6.William Jefferson (Bill), born 1946, 42nd president of the U.S. 1993–2001.
7.a city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi River. 32,828.
8.a city in central Maryland. 16,438.
9.a town in W Mississippi. 14,660.
10.a city in central Massachusetts. 12,771.
11.a town in S Connecticut. 11,195.
12.a male given name.
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Cos·by    Audio Help   [kawz-bee, koz‑] Pronunciation Key
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William Henry (Bill), born 1937, U.S. comedian and actor.
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Dick·ey    Audio Help   [dik-ee] Pronunciation Key
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1.James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
2.William (Bill), 1907–93, U.S. baseball player.
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Ev·ans    Audio Help   [ev-uhnz] Pronunciation Key
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1.Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
2.Dame Edith, 1888–1976, English actress.
3.Herbert Mc·Lean    Audio Help   [muh-kleyn] Pronunciation Key, 1882–1971, U.S. embryologist and anatomist.
4.Janet, born 1971, U.S. swimmer.
5.Mary Ann. Eliot, George.
6.Maurice, 1901–1989, U.S. actor and producer, born in England.
7.Oliver, 1755–1819, U.S. inventor: constructed the first high-pressure steam engine in the U.S. 1801?.
8.Rob·ley Dun·gli·son    Audio Help   [rob-lee duhng-gluh-suhn] Pronunciation Key, (“Fighting Bob”), 1846–1912, U.S. admiral.
9.Ru·dulph    Audio Help   [roo-duhlf] Pronunciation Key, 1878–1960, U.S. sculptor.
10.Walker, 1903–75, U.S. photographer.
11.William John (Bill), 1929–80, U.S. jazz pianist.
12.Mount, a mountain in N central Colorado, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,264 ft. (4348 m).
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Gates    Audio Help   [geyts] Pronunciation Key
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1.Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
2.William (Bill), born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.
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1.Alex, 1921–92, U.S. writer.
2.William John Clifton (Bill), 1925–81, U.S. musician: rockabilly pioneer.
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Har·tack    Audio Help   [hahr-tak] Pronunciation Key
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William John, Jr. (“Bill”), born 1932, U.S. jockey.
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Maul·din    Audio Help   [mawl-duhn] Pronunciation Key
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William Henry (Bill), 1921–2003, U.S. political cartoonist.
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Mon·roe    Audio Help   [muhn-roh] Pronunciation Key
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1.Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
2.James, 1758–1831, 5th president of the U.S. 1817–25.
3.Marilyn (Norma Jean Baker or Mortenson), 1926–62, U.S. film actress.
4.William Smith (Bill; “The Father of Bluegrass”), 1911–96, U.S. musician, singer, and songwriter.
5.a city in N Louisiana. 57,597.
6.a city in SE Michigan, on Lake Erie. 23,531.
7.a town in SW Connecticut. 14,010.
8.a city in S North Carolina. 12,639.
9.a town in S Wisconsin. 10,027.
10.Fort. Fort Monroe.
11.a male given name.
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Rodg·ers    Audio Help   [roj-erz] Pronunciation Key
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1.James Charles (Jimmie), 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.
2.Richard, 1902–79, U.S. composer of popular music.
3.William Henry (Bill), born 1947, U.S. distance runner.
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1.Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl, 1872–1970, English philosopher, mathematician, and author: Nobel prize for literature 1950.
2.Charles Edward, 1860–1941, U.S. journalist, sociologist, biographer, and political leader.
3.Charles Taze    Audio Help   [teyz] Pronunciation Key, (“Pastor Russell”), 1852–1916, U.S. religious leader and publisher: founder of Jehovah's Witnesses.
4.Elizabeth Mary, Countess (Mary Annette Beauchamp; “Elizabeth”), 1866–1941, Australian novelist.
5.George William (“Æ”), 1867–1935, Irish poet and painter.
6.Henry Norris, 1877–1957, U.S. astronomer.
7.John Russell, 1st Earl (Lord John Russell), 1792–1878, British statesman: prime minister 1846–52, 1865–66.
8.Lillian (Helen Louise Leonard), 1861–1922, U.S. singer and actress.
9.William Fel·ton    Audio Help   [fel-tn] Pronunciation Key, (Bill), born 1934, U.S. basketball player and coach.
10.Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,088 ft. (4294 m).
11.a mountain in S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range. 11,670 ft. (3557 m).
12.a male given name.
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Ter·ry    Audio Help   [ter-ee] Pronunciation Key
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1.Clark, born 1920, U.S. jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player and singer.
2.Ellen (Alicia or Alice), 1848?–1928, English actress.
3.Megan (Marguerite Duffy), born 1932, U.S. playwright and feminist.
4.William (Bill; “Memphis Bill”), 1898–1989, U.S. baseball player.
5.a male given name, form of Terrence or Theodore.
6.a female given name, form of Theresa.
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bill 1    Audio Help   (bĭl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.
  2. A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.
  3. The entertainment offered by a theater.
  4. A public notice, such as an advertising poster.
    1. A piece of legal paper money: a ten-dollar bill.
    2. Slang One hundred dollars.
    3. A bill of exchange.
    4. Obsolete A promissory note.
    5. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
    6. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
    1. A bill of exchange.
    2. Obsolete A promissory note.
    3. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
    4. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
    1. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
    2. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
  8. Law A document presented to a court and containing a formal statement of a case, complaint, or petition.

tr.v.   billed, bill·ing, bills
  1. To present a statement of costs or charges to.
  2. To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.
    1. To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.
    2. To declare or describe officially; proclaim: a policy that was billed as an important departure for the administration.


[Middle English bille, from Norman French, from Medieval Latin billa, alteration of bulla, seal on a document, from Latin, bubble.]

bill'a·ble adj.
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bill 2    Audio Help   (bĭl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The horny part of the jaws of a bird; a beak.
  2. A beaklike mouth part, such as that of a turtle.
  3. The visor of a cap.
  4. Nautical The tip of the fluke of an anchor.

intr.v.   billed, bill·ing, bills
To touch beaks together.


[Middle English, from Old English bile.]

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bill 3    Audio Help   (bĭl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A billhook.
  2. A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.


[Middle English bil, from Old English bill.]

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bill  (1)
"written statement," c.1340, from Anglo-L. billa "list," from M.L. bulla "decree, seal, document," in classical L. "bubble, boss, stud, amulet for the neck" (hence "seal;" see bull (2)). Sense of "account, invoice" first recorded 1404; that of "order to pay" (technically bill of exchange) is from 1579; that of "paper money" is from 1670. Meaning "draft of an act of Parliament" is from 1512. The verb meaning "to send someone a bill of charge" is from 1867. Billboard is from 1851.

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bill  (2)
"bird's beak," O.E., related to bil, a poetic word for "a kind of sword" (especially one with a hooked blade), common Gmc. word for cutting weapons (cf. O.H.G. bihal, O.N. bilda "hatchet," O.S. bil "sword"), from PIE base *bhei- "to cut." Used also in M.E. of beak-like projections of land.

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bill

noun
1. a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill" 
2. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe" 
3. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" 
4. the entertainment offered at a public presentation 
5. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular] 
6. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster] 
7. a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)