AskEraser  |  Settings
Ask.com   
 


Synonyms
bill1 (bĭl)

[Middle English bille, from Norman French, from Medieval Latin billa, alteration of bulla, seal on a document, from Latin, bubble.]

noun 

  1. An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.
  2. A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.
  3. The entertainment offered by a theater.
  4. A public notice, such as an advertising poster.
    1. A piece of legal paper money: a ten-dollar bill.
    2. Slang One hundred dollars.
    1. A bill of exchange.
    2. Obsolete A promissory note.
    1. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
    2. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
  8. Law A document presented to a court and containing a formal statement of a case, complaint, or petition.

transitive verb: billed, bill·ing, bills. 

  1. To present a statement of costs or charges to.
  2. To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.
    1. To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.
    2. To declare or describe officially; proclaim: a policy that was billed as an important departure for the administration.

derivatives

bilĺa·ble
adjective
bill2 (bĭl)

[Middle English, from Old English bile.]

noun 

  1. The horny part of the jaws of a bird; a beak.
  2. A beaklike mouth part, such as that of a turtle.
  3. The visor of a cap.
  4. Nautical The tip of the fluke of an anchor.

intransitive verb: billed, bill·ing, bills. 

To touch beaks together.

idioms

bill and coo
To kiss or caress and murmur endearments.
bill3 (bĭl)

[Middle English bil, from Old English bill.]

noun 

  1. A billhook.
  2. A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.