Collins English-English Dictionary

bill [bɪl]

1. 1. n money owed for goods or services supplied

   an electricity bill

2. 2. n [chiefly Brit] such an account for food and drink in a restaurant, hotel, etc check

3. 3. n a written or printed account or statement of money owed

4. 4. n any printed or written list of items, events, etc, such as a theatre programme

   who's on the bill tonight?

5. 5. n a statute in draft, before it becomes law

6. 6. n a printed notice or advertisement; poster

7. 7. n [US and Canadian] a piece of paper money; note

8. 8. n an obsolete name for promissory note

9. 9. n See bill of indictment

10. 10. n See bill of exchange

11. 11. n See bill of fare

12. 12. n [law] [archaic] any document

13. 13. vt. [tr] to send or present an account for payment to (a person)

14. 14. vt. to enter (items, goods, etc) on an account or statement

15. 15. vt. to advertise by posters

16. 16. vt. to schedule as a future programme

    the play is billed for next week

17. 17. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Anglo-Latin billa, alteration of Late Latin bulla document, bull³

bill [bɪl]

1. 1. n the mouthpart of a bird, consisting of projecting jaws covered with a horny sheath; beak. It varies in shape and size according to the type of food eaten and may also be used as a weapon

2. 2. n any beaklike mouthpart in other animals

3. 3. n a narrow promontory

   Portland Bill

4. 4. vi. [nautical] [intr] the pointed tip of the fluke of an anchor (of birds) to touch bills together (esp in the phrase bill and coo)

5. 5. vi. (of birds, esp doves) to touch bills together

6. 6. vi. (of lovers) to kiss and whisper amorously

7. 7. vi. [Etymology] Old English bile; related to bill bill³

bill [bɪl]

1. 1. n a pike or halberd with a narrow hooked blade

2. 2. n short for billhook

3. 3. n [Etymology] Old English bill sword, related to Old Norse bildr instrument used in blood-letting, Old High German bil pickaxe

bill [bɪl]

1. 1. n another word for boom

2. 2. n [Etymology] C18: from dialect beel bell² (vb)