bill

[ bil ]

/ bɪl /

noun

a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.

a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten-dollar bill.

Government. a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.

bill of exchange.

a written or printed public notice or advertisement.

any written paper containing a statement of particulars: a bill of expenditures.

Law. a written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court.

Slang. one hundred dollars: The job pays five bills a week.

playbill.

entertainment scheduled for presentation; program: a good bill at the movies.

Obsolete.

a promissory note.
a written and sealed document.
a written, formal petition.

verb (used with object)

to charge for by bill; send a bill to: The store will bill me.

to enter (charges) in a bill; make a bill or list of: to bill goods.

to advertise by bill or public notice: A new actor was billed for this week.

to schedule on a program: The management billed the play for two weeks.

Idioms for bill

fill the bill, to fulfill the purpose or need well: As a sprightly situation comedy this show fills the bill.

Origin of bill

1300–50; Middle English bille < Anglo-French < Anglo-Latin billa for Late Latin bulla bull²

SYNONYMS FOR bill

1 reckoning, invoice, statement.

5 bulletin, handbill, poster, placard, announcement, circular, throwaway, flyer, broadside.

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OTHER WORDS FROM bill

bill·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for fill the bill (1 of 4)

bill ¹

/ (bɪl) /

noun

money owed for goods or services supplied an electricity bill

a written or printed account or statement of money owed

mainly British such an account for food and drink in a restaurant, hotel, etc Usual US and Canadian word: check

any printed or written list of items, events, etc, such as a theatre programme who's on the bill tonight?

fit the bill or fill the bill informal to serve or perform adequately

a statute in draft, before it becomes law

a printed notice or advertisement; poster

US and Canadian a piece of paper money; note

an obsolete name for promissory note

law See bill of indictment

See bill of exchange

See bill of fare

archaic any document

verb (tr)

to send or present an account for payment to (a person)

to enter (items, goods, etc) on an account or statement

to advertise by posters

to schedule as a future programme the play is billed for next week

Word Origin for bill

C14: from Anglo-Latin billa, alteration of Late Latin bulla document, bull ³

British Dictionary definitions for fill the bill (2 of 4)

bill ²

/ (bɪl) /

noun

the mouthpart of a bird, consisting of projecting jaws covered with a horny sheath; beak. It varies in shape and size according to the type of food eaten and may also be used as a weapon

any beaklike mouthpart in other animals

a narrow promontory Portland Bill

nautical the pointed tip of the fluke of an anchor

verb (intr)

(of birds, esp doves) to touch bills together

(of lovers) to kiss and whisper amorously

Word Origin for bill

Old English bile; related to bill bill ³

British Dictionary definitions for fill the bill (3 of 4)

bill ³

/ (bɪl) /

noun

a pike or halberd with a narrow hooked blade

short for billhook

Word Origin for bill

Old English bill sword, related to Old Norse bīldr instrument used in blood-letting, Old High German bil pickaxe

British Dictionary definitions for fill the bill (4 of 4)

bill ⁴

/ (bɪl) /

noun

ornithol another word for boom 1 (def. 4)

Word Origin for bill

C18: from dialect beel bell ² (vb)

Idioms and Phrases with fill the bill (1 of 2)

fill the bill

Serve a particular purpose well, as in I was afraid there wasn't enough chicken for everyone, but this casserole will fill the bill, or Karen's testimony just fills the bill, so we're sure to get a conviction. This expression alludes to adding less-known performers to a program (or bill) in order to make a long enough entertainment. [First half of 1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with fill the bill (2 of 2)

bill

see clean bill of health; fill the bill; foot the bill; sell a bill of goods.

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