Bill
WordNet
noun
(1) The entertainment offered at a public presentation
(2) Horny projecting mouth of a bird
(3) A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
"He pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"
(4) A long-handled saw with a curved blade
"He used a bill to prune branches off of the tree"
(5) A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
(6) An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
"He paid his bill and left"
"Send me an account of what I owe"
(7) A statute in draft before it becomes law
"They held a public hearing on the bill"
(8) A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
"A poster advertised the coming attractions"
(9) An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
"He mailed the circular to all subscribers"
(10) A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
"He peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
verb
(11) Advertise especially by posters or placards
"He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
(12) Publicize or announce by placards
(13) Demand payment
"Will I get charged for this service?"
"We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name William.
- A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"
- One Hundred Dollars.
Quotations
- 1974 John le Carré, Tinker. Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Simon&Schuster, 2002, ISBN 0743457900, page 7
- "My other name's Bill," he said. "I was christened Bill but Mr Thursgood calls me William."
- "Bill, eh. The unpaid Bill. Anyone ever call you that?"
- "No, sir."
- "Good name, anyway."
- "Yes, sir."
- "Known a lot of Bills. They've all been good 'uns."
- 1998 Nick Hornby, About A Boy, Victor Gollancz, 1998, ISBN 0575061596, page 208
- One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"?