bill

n//bɪl//

sedel, växel, näbb, hillebard, affisch, anslag, förteckning, intyg, lista, plakat, faskinkniv, lagförslag, proposition, motion, hillebardiär, pynt, nota, räkning, faktura, affischera, hacka, debitera, näbbas, kyssas

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

  2. (zootomy) The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

  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.

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

  5. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

  6. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

  7. Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

  8. (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

  9. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

  10. (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

  11. (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

  12. (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

  13. to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

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