billet

  1. Noun.  A short informal letter.
  2. Noun.  A written order to quarter soldiers.
  3. Noun.  a place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
  4. Verb.  (context, of a householder etc) to lodge soldiers, usually by order.
  5. Verb.  (context, of a soldier) to lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
  6. Noun.  metallurgy a semi-finished length of metal.
  7. Noun.  a short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
  8. Noun.  (heraldiccharge) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.

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