bill

Noun

1. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
2. A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
3. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
4. (obsolete) 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.
5. (Canada, US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
6. (Canada, US, slang) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
7. (UK, slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
8. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
9. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods
10. 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.
11. A set of items presented together.
12. (UK) A list of pupils to be disciplined for breaking school rules.

Verb

1. (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
2. (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

Verb

1. (obsolete) to peck
2. to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

Verb

To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

Verb

To roll up a marijuana cigarette.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bille

Inherited from Middle English: bill

Inherited from Old English: bile

Cognate with Old English: bil

Inherited from Old English: bil

Cognate with Western Frisian: bile

Cognate with Dutch: bijl

Cognate with German: Bille

In summary

From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”). Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla.

Synonyms

beak

invoice

note

account

check

poster

banknote

ticket

🎫

placard

🪧

charge

bank bill

calculation

receipt

🧾

paper money

nose

👃

voucher

draft

tab

bill of exchange

reckoning

neb

nib

playbill

bill of lading

coupon

debt

notice

handbill

act

banker’s bill

pecker

deed

billhook

list

tally

billing

throwaway

sign

circular

measure

snout

program

certificate

programme

flier

flyer

broadside

payment

💸

rostrum

broadsheet

Translations

Rechnung

bec

facture

conto

becco

Schnabel

factura

cuenta

🔢

bico

fattura

rekening

billete

snavel

addition

pico

Sentences

The male has a black bill , whereas the female has red on the mandibles .

It was released on a double bill with a reissue of the film "Atragon".