Bank bill
() In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill
() In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bill
(n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. |
Bill
(v. i.) To strike |
Bill
(v. i.) To join bills, as doves |
Bill
(n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern |
Bill
(n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle |
Bill
(n.) A weapon of infantry, 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. |
Bill
(n.) One who wields a bill |
Bill
(n.) A pickax, or mattock. |
Bill
(n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor |
Bill
(v. t.) To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill. |
Bill
(n.) 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. |
Bill
(n.) 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. |
Bill
(n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment |
Bill
(n.) A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods |
Bill
(n.) An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge |
Bill
(n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars |
Bill
(v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice. |
Bill
(v. t.) To charge or enter in a bill |
Bill book
() A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. |
Bill broker
() One who negotiates the discount of bills. |
Bill holder
() A person who holds a bill or acceptance. |
Bill holder
() A device by means of which bills, etc., are held. |
Brown bill
() A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. |
Crane's-bill
(n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill
(n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
Duck's-bill
(a.) Having the form of a duck's bill. |
Hedging bill
() A hedge bill. See under Hedge. |
Ivory-bill
(n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States. |
Lading
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lade |
Lading
(n.) The act of loading. |
Lading
(n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo |
Parrot's-bill
(n.) The glory pea. See under Glory. |
Speckled-bill
(n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
| bill | the entertainment offered at a public presentation |
| bill of review | a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it |
beak
bill
neb nib
pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird |
bill
peak
eyeshade
visor
vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
| bill billhook | a long-handled saw with a curved blade, he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree |
cargo
lading
freight
load loading
payload
shipment
consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| bill of health | a certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival) |
| bill | a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare) |
| bill of entry | a list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import |
| bill of goods | a consignment of merchandise |
menu
bill of fare
card carte du jour
carte | a list of dishes available at a restaurant, the menu was in French |
| bill account invoice | an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered, he paid his bill and left, send me an account of what I owe |
| electric bill | a bill for money owed for electricity used |
| hotel bill | statement of charges for staying in a hotel |
medical bill
doctor's bill | statement of charges for medical services |
phone bill
telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service |
| tax bill | money owed for taxes |
bill of lading
waybill | a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery |
credit order
bill-me order | an order that is received without payment, requires billing at a later date |
| bill measure | a statute in draft before it becomes law, they held a public hearing on the bill |
| appropriation bill | a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose |
| bill of attainder | a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial, bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States |
| bottle bill | a statute that would require merchants to reclaim used bottles |
| farm bill | a statute that would regulate farm production and prices |
| trade bill | a statute that would regulate foreign trade |
| bill of sale | a deed transferring personal property |
| bill of Particulars | the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial, advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet |
| bill of goods | communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable, they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car |
| Bill of Rights | a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) |
poster
posting
placard
notice
bill
card | a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement, a poster advertised the coming attractions |
show bill
show card
theatrical poster | a poster advertising a show or play |
| clean bill of health | an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition, the doctor gave him a clean bill of health |
indictment
bill of indictment | a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense |
| true bill | an indictment endorsed by a grand jury |
circular
handbill
bill broadside
broadsheet
flier
flyer
throwaway | an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution, he mailed the circular to all subscribers |
bill poster
poster
bill sticker | someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards |
Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton
President Clinton | nd President of the United States (-) |
Cody
William F. Cody
William Frederick Cody
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill Cody | United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (-) |
Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates | United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in ) |
Haley Bill Haley
William John Clifton Haley Jr. | United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (-) |
Haywood
Big Bill Haywood
William Dudley Haywood | United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (-) |
Hickock
Wild Bill Hickock
James Butler Hickock | frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (-) |
Mauldin
Bill Mauldin
William Henry Mauldin | United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (-) |
Russell Bill Russell
William Felton Russell | United States basketball center (born in ) |
Tilden
Big Bill Tilden
William Tatem Tilden Jr. | United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the s (-) |
Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiser Bill | grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from to , he was vilified as causing World War I (-) |
parrot's beak
parrot's bill
Clianthus puniceus | evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers, New Zealand |
cranesbill
crane's bill | any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium |