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Audio Help [bil] Pronunciation Key –noun
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| 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.
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| 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. |
| 16. | fill the bill, to fulfill the purpose or need well: As a sprightly situation comedy this show fills the bill. |
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biller, noun
—Synonyms 1. reckoning, invoice, statement. 5. bulletin, handbill, poster, placard, announcement, circular, throwaway, flyer, broadside.
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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. |
| 4. | to join bills or beaks, as doves. |
| 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. |
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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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Clin·ton
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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
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William Henry (Bill ), born 1937, U.S. comedian and actor. |
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Dick·ey
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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
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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-suh n] 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
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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
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William John, Jr. (“Bill” ), born 1932, U.S. jockey. |
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Maul·din
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William Henry (Bill ), 1921–2003, U.S. political cartoonist. |
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Mon·roe
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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
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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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Rus·sell
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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
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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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tr.v. billed, bill·ing, bills
[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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intr.v. billed, bill·ing, bills To touch beaks together. [Middle English, from Old English bile.] |
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[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 | |
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| 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) |