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bill

1   [bil]
–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 bull 2
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Language Translation for : Bill
Spanish: pico, German: der Schnabel, Japanese: くちばし
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bill

2   [bil]
–noun
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 bill 3
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bill

3   [bil]
–noun
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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bill

4   [bil]
–noun British Dialect.
the cry of the bittern.
Origin:
1780–90; akin to bell 2 , bellow
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Bill

   [bil]
–noun
a male given name, form of William.
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Clin⋅ton

   [klin-tn]
–noun
1. De Witt  [duh wit] , 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

   [kawz-bee, koz‑]
–noun
William Henry (Bill), born 1937, U.S. comedian and actor.
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Dick⋅ey

   [dik-ee]
–noun
1. James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
2. William (Bill), 1907–93, U.S. baseball player.
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Ev⋅ans

   [ev-uhnz]
–noun
1. Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
2. Dame Edith, 1888–1976, English actress.
3. Herbert Mc⋅Lean  [muh-kleyn] , 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  [rob-lee duhng-gluh-suhn] , (“Fighting Bob”), 1846–1912, U.S. admiral.
9. Ru⋅dulph  [roo-duhlf] , 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

   [geyts]
–noun
1. Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
2. William (Bill), born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.
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Ha⋅ley

  [hey-lee]
–noun
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

   [hahr-tak]
–noun
William John, Jr. (“Bill”), born 1932, U.S. jockey.
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Maul⋅din

   [mawl-duhn]
–noun
William Henry (Bill), 1921–2003, U.S. political cartoonist.
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Mon⋅roe

   [muhn-roh]
–noun
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

   [roj-erz]
–noun
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

   [ruhs-uhl]
–noun
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  [teyz] , (“Pastor Russell”), 1852–1916, U.S. religious leader and publisher: founder of Jehovah's Witnesses.
4. Elizabeth M