Advertising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advertise |
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. |
Concert (v. t.) To plan together |
Concert (v. t.) To plan |
Concert (v. i.) To act in harmony or conjunction |
Concert (v. t.) Agreement in a design or plan |
Concert (v. t.) Musical accordance or harmony |
Concert (v. t.) A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part. |
Crane's-bill (n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill (n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
Crown-post (n.) Same as King-post. |
Displayed (imp. & p. p.) of Display |
Displayed (a.) Unfolded |
Displayed (a.) With wings expanded |
Displayed (a.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye. |
Duck's-bill (a.) Having the form of a duck's bill. |
Event (n.) That which comes, arrives, or happens |
Event (n.) An affair in hand |
Event (n.) The consequence of anything |
Event (v. t.) To break forth. |
Ex post facto () Alt. of Ex postfacto |
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. |
King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. |
Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
Mahl-stick (n.) See Maul-stick. |
| event | something that happens at a given place and time |
mailing posting | the transmission of a letter, the postmark indicates the time of mailing |
autopsy necropsy postmortem post-mortem PM postmortem examination post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
| post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages, it came by the first post, if you hurry you'll catch the post |
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) |
| post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
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 |
ballet concert dance | a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers |
| bill | the entertainment offered at a public presentation |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
advertising campaign ad campaign ad blitz | an organized program of advertisements |
advertising publicizing | the business of drawing public attention to goods and services |
sale cutate sale sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices, they held a sale to reduce their inventory, I got some great bargains at their annual sale |
| stick | threat of a penalty, the policy so far is all stick and no carrot |
| 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 |
powder-post termite Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
walking stick walkingstick stick insect | any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
post horse post-horse poster | a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
B-flat clarinet licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
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 |
boomerang throwing stick throw stick | a curved piece of wood, when properly thrown will return to thrower |
bulletin board notice board | a board that hangs on a wall, displays announcements |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
command post general headquarters GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
concert grand concert piano | a grand piano suitable for concert performances |
| concert hall | a hall where concerts are given |
| corner post | a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
cue cue stick pool cue pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
dinner theater dinner theatre | a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission |
hinging post swinging post | the gatepost on which the gate is hung |
| hitching post | a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying |
| hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck |
home theater home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
| king post | post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss |
little theater little theatre | a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups |
measuring stick measure measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
military post post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
music hall vaudeville theater vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged |
newel post newel | the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, it supports the handrail |
operating room OR operating theater operating theatre surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
| pogo stick | plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring, propelled by jumping |
polo mallet polo stick | a mallet used to strike the ball in polo |
| post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position, he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them |
| post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) |
| post chaise | closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used to transport passengers and mail |
post exchange PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |