bill

noun

(US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge owing; an invoice.

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

(slang, Canada, US) One hundred dollars.

(slang, UK) One hundred pounds sterling.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods

(slang, India) A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, listing the price or charge paid; a receipt.

A set of items presented together.

(zootomy) The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

A pickaxe or mattock.

(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

(UK, Eton College) A list of pupils to be disciplined for breaking school rules.

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

A writing that binds 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 bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

A beaklike projection, especially a promontory.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

A diminutive of the male given name William.

A surname.

(British, slang) A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"

(obsolete, law) 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.

(rare) A diminutive of the male given name Bilal.

verb

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

(ambitransitive, UK, slang) To roll up a marijuana cigarette.

(obsolete) to peck

Synonyms for bill

invoicen legislationn banknoten measuren beakn enactmentn handbilln placardn noten accountn

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