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bil·let1 (bĭĺĭt)

[Middle English, official register, from Old French billette, from bullette diminutive of bulle, document, from Medieval Latin bulla, document, seal; see bill1.]

noun 

    1. Lodging for troops.
    2. A written order directing that such lodging be provided.
  2. A position of employment; a job.
  3. Archaic A short letter; a note.

verb: -let·ed, -let·ing, -lets. 

transitive verb 

    1. To lodge (soldiers).
    2. To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.
  2. To assign lodging to.

intransitive verb 

To be quartered; lodge.
bil·let2 (bĭĺĭt)

[Middle English, from Old French billette diminutive of bille, log, from Vulgar Latin* bilia, possibly of Celtic origin.]

noun 

  1. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
  2. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used horizontally as ornamentation in the moldings of Norman architecture.
    1. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
    2. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
    1. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
    2. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.