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) 🇺🇸 A piece of paper money; a banknote.
 * 5) A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
 * 6) A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
 * 7) A writing binding 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.
 * 8) 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. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.
 * 9) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
 * 10) Somebody armed with a bill; a bill-man.
 * 11)  The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
 * 12) The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal.
 * 13) A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
 * 14)  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.

Verb

 * 1)  To charge; to send a bill to.
 * 2)  To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
 * 3) To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.
 * 4)  To advertise by a bill or public notice.
 * 5)  To peck.

Adjectives for Bill

 * (invoice) preposterous; inevitable; exorbitant; unexpected; modest; staggering; delusive; longunpaid.
 * (law) substitute; pending; mandatory; feasible; amended; revised; comprehensive; militia; drafted; pork-barrel.
 * (legislation) adopted; accepted; amended; contested; discussed; defeated; dismissed; parliamentary; petitionary; true; revised.
 * (money) limp; dejected; worn; crumpled; charitable; elusive; proud; defaced; carefully-fondled; ragged; crisp; faded; crinkled.
 * (statement of account) adjusted; dunning; final; lavish; harassing; paltry; peccant; padded; uncollected; overwhelming.

Verbs for Bill

 * (legislation) act on—; advocate—; challenge—; confer on—; confront with—; contest—; deliberate—; draft—; draw—; denounce—; enactframe—; hurry—through; incorporate in kill—; modify—; originate—; railroad reject—; retain—; slap through—; smother—; sponsor—; veto—; urge—; — entails; —looms; —provides; —sets forth; —stipulates.
 * (statement of account) deduct—; deliver—; discount—; draw up— enter—; file—; foot—; forward—; pad— render—; scale—; tuck—away; —itemizes —overcharges; — pour in; — rain in.

Synonyms

 * charge
 * (beak of a bird) beak, neb, nib, pecker
 * account, invoice
 * broadsheet, broadside, card,circular, flier, flyer, handbill, poster, posting, placard, notice, throwaway
 * measure
 * bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note
 * polearm
 * billhook, hand bill, hedge bill
 * billman
 * placard

Thesaurus
acceptance, acceptance bill, account, accounts payable, accounts receivable, act, advertise, affiche, affidavit, agenda, allegation, allowance, amount due, antlia, assessment, assignat, bad debts, ballyhoo, bank acceptance, bank check, bank note, banknote, bark, batting order, be a gas, be a hit, beak, beezer, benefit, bill of account, bill of complaint, bill of draft, bill of exchange, bill of fare, bill of lading, bills, blackmail, blank check, blood money, blueprint, bomb, bone, book, books, boost, borrowing, breakwater, buck, budget, bugle, build up, bulletin, bylaw, calendar, call, call in, canon, cape, card, carte, carte du jour, certificate, certificate of deposit, certified check, charge, charges, check, checkbook, cheque, chersonese, chits, circularize, claim, clause, commercial paper, companion bills amendment, complaint, conk, coral reef, cry up, damage, debenture, debt, debut, declaration, decree, delta, demand bill, demand draft, demand payment, deposition, dictate, dictation, docket, dollar bill, draft, dragnet clause, dramatize, due, due bill, dues, dun, edict, emolument, enacting clause, enactment, entertainment, escalator clause, establish, exchequer bill, exhibit, exhibition, fail, farewell performance, feature, fee, fiat money, financial commitment, fish, flesh show, floating debt, flop, folding money, footing, foreland, form, formality, formula, formulary, fractional note, frogskin, funded debt, give a write-up, give publicity, government note, handbill, head, headland, headline, hold-up bill, hook, hush money, indebtedness, indebtment, initiation fee, institution, invoice, iron man, itemized bill, jaws, joker, jus, law, ledger, legal-tender note, legislation, letter of credit, lex, liability, libel, line up, lineup, list of agenda, make a hit, manifest, maturity, measure, melodramatize, menu, mileage, money order, motion, mount, muffle, mull, muzzle, nares, narratio, national bank note, national debt, naze, neb, negotiable instrument, negotiable note, ness, nib, nolle prosequi, nonsuit, nose, nostrils, note, note of hand, nozzle, obligation, olfactory organ, omnibus bill, open, open a show, ordinance, ordonnance, outstanding debt, paper, paper money, peak, pecker, peninsula, performance, placard, playbill, pledge, plug, point, post, post bills, post up, postal order, premiere, prescript, prescription, present, presentation, presentment, press-agent, preview, privileged question, proboscis, produce, production, program, program of operation, programma, promissory note, promontory, promote, prospectus, protocol, proviso, public debt, publicize, puff, put on, question, reckoning, reef, regulation, retainer, retaining fee, rhinarium, rider, roster, rostrum, rubric, rule, ruling, sandspit, saving clause, scenarize, schedule, schnozzle, score, scot, scrip, sell, send a statement, set the stage, shinplaster, show, sight bill, sight draft, skin, slate, smacker, smeller, snoot, snout, spiel, spit, spur, stage, stage presentation, standing order, star, statement, statement of facts, statute, stipend, succeed, swan song, tab, tabulation, tally, theatrical performance, theatricalize, time bill, time draft, tongue, trade acceptance, treasury bill, treasury note, tribute, trunk, try out, tryout, uncollectibles, unfulfilled pledge, voucher, warrant, write up

Etymology

 * 1)  bil:, from West Germanic. Cognate with German Bille:.
 * 2)  bile, of unknown origin.
 * 3)  bille:, from  bulle:, from  bulla:. Compare bull.

Derived terms

 * bill of adventure
 * bill of costs
 * bill of credit
 * bill of divorce
 * bill of entry
 * bill of exceptions
 * bill of exchange


 * bill of fare
 * bill of goods
 * bill of health
 * bill of indictment
 * bill of lading
 * bill of mortality
 * bill of pains and penalties


 * bill of parcels
 * bill of particulars
 * bill of rights
 * bill of sale
 * bill of sight
 * bill of store
 * bill of sufferance


 * bills payable
 * bills receivable
 * Treasury bill
 * T-bill
 * true bill
 * duckbill
 * brown-bill