bill: Meaning and Definition of

bill

1. a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.
2. a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten-dollar bill.
3. a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.
4. See
5. a written or printed public notice or advertisement.
6. any written paper containing a statement of particulars: a bill of expenditures.
7. a written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court.
8. one hundred dollars: The job pays five bills a week.
9. playbill.
10. entertainment scheduled for presentation; program: a good bill at the movies.
1. a promissory note.
2. a written and sealed document.
3. a written, formal petition.
12. to fulfill the purpose or need well: As a sprightly situation comedy this show fills the bill.

1. to charge for by bill; send a bill to: The store will bill me.
2. to enter (charges) in a bill; make a bill or list of: to bill goods.
3. to advertise by bill or public notice: A new actor was billed for this week.
4. to schedule on a program: The management billed the play for two weeks.

bill

1. the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak. See diag. under
2. the visor of a cap or other head covering.
3. a beaklike promontory or headland.

1. to join bills or beaks, as doves.
2. to kiss or fondle and whisper endearments, as lovers: My sister and her boyfriend were billing and cooing on the front porch.

bill

1. a medieval shafted weapon having at its head a hooklike cutting blade with a beak at the back.
2. Also calleda person armed with a bill.
3. a sharp, hooked instrument used for pruning, cutting, etc.
4. Also calledthe extremity of a fluke of an anchor. See diag. under

bill

1. the cry of the bittern.

Bill

1. a male given name, form of