Definition of bill

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Bill (n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc..

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Serratirostral :: Serratirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan..
Find :: Find (v. t.) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person..
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill..
Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument..
Picariae :: Picariae (n. pl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds..
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..
Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..
Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Dishabille :: Dishabille (n.) An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille..
Mormon :: Mormon (n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin..
Playbill :: Playbill (n.) A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors..
File :: File (v. t.) To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill..
Openbill :: Openbill (n.) A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak..
Macaw :: Macaw (n.) Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted..
Fringilla :: Fringilla (a.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling..
Tomium :: Tomium (n.) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
Inflammabillty :: Inflammabillty (n.) Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress..
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Inland :: Inland (a.) Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange..
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