Bill

English Meaning

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

1. An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.
2. A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.
3. The entertainment offered by a theater.
4. A public notice, such as an advertising poster.
5. A piece of legal paper money: a ten-dollar bill.
6. Slang One hundred dollars.
7. A bill of exchange.
8. Obsolete A promissory note.
9. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
10. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
11. Law A document presented to a court and containing a formal statement of a case, complaint, or petition.
12. To present a statement of costs or charges to.
13. To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.
14. To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.
15. To declare or describe officially; proclaim: a policy that was billed as an important departure for the administration.
16. The horny part of the jaws of a bird; a beak.
17. A beaklike mouth part, such as that of a turtle.
18. The visor of a cap.
19. Nautical The tip of the fluke of an anchor.
20. To touch beaks together.
21. bill and coo To kiss or caress and murmur endearments.
22. A billhook.
23. A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.