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We have found lemma(root) word of bills : bill.
Definitions
[bɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a printed or written statement of the money owed for goods or services
(e.g: the bill for their meal came to £17)
- a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion
(e.g: a debate over the civil rights bill)
- a programme of entertainment at a theatre or cinema
(e.g: she was top of the bill at America's leading vaudeville house)
- a banknote
(e.g: a ten-dollar bill)
- a poster or handbill
(e.g: he has been hard at work bill posting in a poster and sticker campaign)
Phrases:
- fit the bill
Origin
:
Middle English (denoting a written list or catalogue): from Anglo-Norman French bille, probably based on medieval Latin bulla ‘seal, sealed document’ (see also bull)
[bɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- list (a person or event) in a programme
(e.g: they were billed to appear but did not show up)
- send a bill to (someone)
(e.g: we shall be billing them for the damage caused)
Phrases:
- fit the bill
Origin
:
Middle English (denoting a written list or catalogue): from Anglo-Norman French bille, probably based on medieval Latin bulla ‘seal, sealed document’ (see also bull)
[bɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the beak of a bird, especially when it is slender, flattened, or weak, or belongs to a web-footed bird or a bird of the pigeon family
- the point of an anchor fluke
- a narrow promontory
(e.g: Portland Bill)
Phrases:
- bill and coo
Origin
:
Old English bile, of unknown origin
[bɪl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of birds, especially doves) stroke bill with bill during courtship
Phrases:
- bill and coo
Origin
:
Old English bile, of unknown origin
[bɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a medieval weapon like a halberd with a hook instead of a blade
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English bil, of West Germanic origin; related to German Bille ‘axe’
[bɪl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the police
(e.g: he was caught bang to rights by the Old Bill)
Phrases:
Origin
:
1960s: pet form of the given name William
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