Meaning of 'bill' (Webster Dictionary)
- A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other
animal.
- The bell, or boom, of the bittern
- A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with
a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a
hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.
- A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A
common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged,
hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the
top, and attached to the end of a long staff.
- One who wields a bill; a billman.
- A pickax, or mattock.
- The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond
the fluke.
- A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the
complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by
some person against a law.
- A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum
at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be
stated in the document.
- A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
enactment; a proposed or projected law.
- A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to
advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a
placard; a poster; a handbill.
- An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross
or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
- Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill
of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare,
etc.
- To strike; to peck.
- To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness.
- To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything)
with a bill.
- To advertise by a bill or public notice.
- To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.
Meaning of 'bill' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Example in sentence:- a poster advertised the coming attractions
Meaning (2):
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
Example in sentence:- he mailed the circular to all subscribers
Meaning (3):
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
Example in sentence:- he paid his bill and left;
- send me an account of what I owe
Meaning (4):
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
Example in sentence:- he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes
Meaning (5):
- a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
Example in sentence:- he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead
Meaning (6):
- a cutting tool with a sharp edge
Example in sentence:- he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree
Meaning (7):
- a statute in draft before it becomes law
Example in sentence:- they held a public hearing on the bill
Meaning (8):
- advertise especially by posters or placards
Example in sentence:- He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso
Meaning (9):
- demand payment
Example in sentence:- We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights;
- Will I get charged for this service?
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