double bill

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Origin of double bill

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Other definitions for double-bill (2 of 2)

double-bill
[ duhb-uhl-bil ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to bill (different accounts) for the same charge: He double-billed different clients for the same business trip.

  2. to place (a motion picture) on a double bill: The film is being double-billed in some theaters.

verb (used without object)
  1. to bill different accounts for the same charge.

Origin of double-bill

2
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use double bill in a sentence

  • I have never been associated with an entertainment which was received with such manifest appreciation as that double bill.

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  • Notwithstanding the “double bill” suggested by the two heads, it still continues a favourite inn sign.

British Dictionary definitions for double bill

double bill

noun
  1. a programme or event with two main items

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Other Idioms and Phrases with double bill

double bill

see double feature.

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