A Quick and Simple Dictionary

bill

1. Proper noun.  A diminutive of the male given name ''William''.
2. Proper noun.  (British, slang) A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill".
3. Proper noun.  (US, slang) One Hundred Dollars.
4. Noun.  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. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.
5. Noun.  A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
6. Noun.  Somebody armed with a bill; a bill-man.
7. Noun.  (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
9. Noun.  The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal.
10. Noun.  A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
11. Verb.  (obsolete) To peck.
12. Verb.  To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.
13. Noun.  A written list or inventory. (''Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.'').
14. Noun.  A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (''Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.'').
15. Noun.  A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
16. Noun.  (obsolete, legal) 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.
17. Noun.  (US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
18. Noun.  A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
19. Noun.  A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
20. Noun.  A writing binding 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.
21. Verb.  (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
22. Verb.  (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.