EGAVE

bill

About 52.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
  2. noun A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
  3. noun A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
    Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to introduce a bill entitled […]
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun A piece of paper money; a banknote. One hundred dollars.
  6. noun One hundred dollars.
  7. noun One hundred pounds sterling.
  8. noun A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge owing; an invoice.
    He received a bill of £9 for the groceries.

Similar words

billhook handbill visor vizor flyer broadside nib circular eyeshade peak

Often followed by

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Word family

billable billed billing bills

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