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. |
Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim. |
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. |
Long-sight (n.) Long-sightedness. |
Parrot's-bill (n.) The glory pea. See under Glory. |
Second-sight (n.) The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind |
Sight (v. t.) The act of seeing |
Sight (v. t.) The power of seeing |
Sight (v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision |
Sight (v. t.) A spectacle |
Sight (v. t.) The instrument of seeing |
Sight (v. t.) Inspection |
Sight (v. t.) Mental view |
Sight (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained |
Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming. |
Sight (v. t.) In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening. |
Sight (v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum |
Sight (v. t.) To get sight of |
Sight (v. t.) To look at through a sight |
Sight (v. t.) To apply sights to |
Sight (v. i.) To take aim by a sight. |
Sight-hole (n.) A hole for looking through |
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 |
view survey sight | the act of looking or seeing or observing, he tried to get a better view of it, his survey of the battlefield was limited |
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 |
battle sight battlesight | an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges |
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 |
gunsight gun-sight | a sight used for aiming a gun |
open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
panoramic sight | gunsight (a telescopic device for an artillery piece) that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle |
peep sight | rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned |
sight setting | the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions |
telescopic sight telescope sight | gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight |
sight ken | the range of vision, out of sight of land |
sight vision visual sense visual modality | the ability to see, the visual faculty |
night vision night-sight scotopic vision twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
sight | an instance of visual perception, the sight of his wife brought him back to reality, the train was an unexpected sight |
sight | a range of mental vision, in his sight she could do no wrong |
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) |
sight gag visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
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 |
sight | anything that is seen, he was a familiar sight on the television, they went to Paris to see the sights |
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 |