Bill

Quick meaning: Bill is a noun meaning A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.).

Meaning

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.).

More Meanings

1. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
2. (US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
3. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge owing; an invoice.
4. A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
5. (slang, UK) One hundred pounds sterling.
6. (slang, India) A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, listing the price or charge paid; a receipt.
7. (obsolete, law) 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.

Example Sentences

I ran into the Devil, babe, he loaned me 20 bills.

Why, I'll exhibit a bill in the parliament for the putting down of men.

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to introduce a bill entitled[…]

... the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality .

Word Forms

• bills
• billing
• billed

Synonyms for bill

Depending on context, synonyms include measure, account, invoice, broadsheet, broadside, card.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include billhook, handbill, visor, vizor, flyer, broadside.

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