[bil-it] 
noun, verb, -let⋅ed, -let⋅ing.| 1. | lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building. |
| 2. | Military. an official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging. |
| 3. | a place assigned, as a bunk, berth, or the like, to a member of a ship's crew. |
| 4. | job; position; appointment. |
| 5. | Archaic. a written note, short letter, or the like. |
| 6. | Military. to direct (a soldier) by ticket, note, or verbal order, where to lodge. |
| 7. | to provide lodging for; quarter: We arranged with the townspeople to billet the students. |
| 8. | to obtain lodging; stay: They billeted in youth hostels. |
[bil-it] | 1. | a small chunk of wood; a short section of a log, esp. one cut for fuel. |
| 2. | Metalworking. a comparatively narrow, generally square, bar of steel, esp. one rolled or forged from an ingot; a narrow bloom. |
| 3. | an iron or steel slab upon concrete, serving as a footing to a column. |
| 4. | Architecture. any of a series of closely spaced cylindrical objects, often in several rows, used as ornaments in a hollow molding or cornice. |
| 5. | a strap that passes through a buckle, as to connect the ends of a girth. |
| 6. | a pocket or loop for securing the end of a strap that has been buckled. |
| 7. | thumbpiece. |
| 8. | Heraldry. a small, rectangular figure with the longer sides generally vertical, said to represent a block of wood. |
| bil·let 1 (bĭl'ĭt) n.
v. tr.
To be quartered; lodge. [Middle English, official register, from Old French billette, from bullette, diminutive of bulle, document, from Medieval Latin bulla, document, seal; see bill1.] |
| bil·let 2 (bĭl'ĭt) n.
[Middle English, from Old French billette, diminutive of bille, log, from Vulgar Latin *bilia, possibly of Celtic origin.] |