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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name
Pronunciation: /bɪl/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bîl

Definition 1:
• A diminutive of the male given name William.

Definition 2:
• A diminutive of the male given name Bilal.
Labels: rare

Definition 3:
• A surname.

Definition 4:
• A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"
Labels: UK, slang
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/

Definition 1:
• A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

Definition 2:
• The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: beak, neb, nib, pecker
Labels: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy

Definition 3:
• Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: polearm

Definition 4:
• The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

Definition 5:
• A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

Definition 6:
• A beaklike projection, especially a promontory.
Example: There is a lighthouse on Portland Bill.

Definition 7:
• A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: billhook, hand bill, hedgebill

Definition 8:
• A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
Example: Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to introduce a bill entitled[...]
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: measure

Definition 9:
• Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: brim, hatbrim

Definition 10:
• Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: billman

Definition 11:
• A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.
Labels: law, obsolete

Definition 12:
• A pickaxe or mattock.

Definition 13:
• A piece of paper money; a banknote.
Labels: Canada, US

Definition 14:
• The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
Labels: nautical, transport

Definition 15:
• A piece of paper money; a banknote.
• One hundred dollars.
Labels: Canada, US, slang

Definition 16:
• One hundred pounds sterling.
Labels: UK, slang

Definition 17:
• A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge owing; an invoice.
Example: He received a bill of £9 for the groceries.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: account, invoice

Definition 18:
• A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, listing the price or charge paid; a receipt.
Labels: India, slang

Definition 19:
• A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: broadsheet, broadside, card, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, poster, posting, placard, notice, throwaway

Definition 20:
• A writing that binds the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document; a bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note

Definition 21:
• A set of items presented together.
Example: We've got a brilliant new comedian on the bill tonight.

Definition 22:
• A list of pupils to be disciplined for breaking school rules.
Labels: UK
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl/

Definition 1:
• To advertise by a bill or public notice.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: placard
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• to peck
Labels: obsolete

Definition 3:
• To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
Labels: transitive

Definition 4:
• To roll up a marijuana cigarette.
Labels: UK, ambitransitive, slang

Definition 5:
• To charge; to send a bill to.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: charge
Labels: transitive

Definition 6:
• to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bill