Billed

bill ¹  (bl)

n.

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. A piece of legal paper money: a ten-dollar bill.

b. Slang One hundred dollars.

6.

a. A bill of exchange.

b. Obsolete A promissory note.

7.

a. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.

b. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.

8. Law A document presented to a court and containing a formal statement of a case, complaint, or petition.

tr.v. billed, bill·ing, bills

1. To present a statement of costs or charges to.

2. To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.

3.

a. To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.

b. To declare or describe officially; proclaim: a policy that was billed as an important departure for the administration.

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[Middle English bille, from Norman French, from Medieval Latin billa, alteration of bulla, seal on a document, from Latin, bubble.]

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billa·ble adj.

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bill ²  (bl)

n.

1. The horny part of the jaws of a bird; a beak.

2. A beaklike mouth part, such as that of a turtle.

3. The visor of a cap.

4. Nautical The tip of the fluke of an anchor.

intr.v. billed, bill·ing, bills

To touch beaks together.

Idiom:

bill and coo

To kiss or caress and murmur endearments.

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[Middle English, from Old English bile.]

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bill ³  (bl)

n.

1. A billhook.

2. A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.

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[Middle English bil, from Old English bill.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

billed - having a beak or bill as specified; "a thick-billed bird"; "a long-billed cap" combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'" beaked - having or resembling a beak