Definition of bill

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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; a placard; a poster; a handbill..

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Conirostres :: Conirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches..
Pot-walloper :: Pot-walloper (n.) A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months..
Bill Broker :: Bill broker () One who negotiates the discount of bills.
Billet :: Billet (v. t.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses..
Spoonbill :: Spoonbill (n.) The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.
Bill :: Bill (n.) An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..
Cambist :: Cambist (n.) A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange..
Sicklebill :: Sicklebill (n.) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
Billhook :: Billhook (n.) A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter..
Scimitar :: Scimitar (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Billingsgate :: Billingsgate (n.) A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language..
Tourbillion :: Tourbillion (n.) An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire..
History :: History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..
Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..
Longirostral :: Longirostral (a.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.
Brevirostrate :: Brevirostrate (a.) Short-billed; having a short beak.
Acockbill :: Acockbill (adv.) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor..
Bill :: Bill (n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
Metagnathous :: Metagnathous (a.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill..
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