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billed
charged: I was billed for the repair; listed: She was billed just after the lead actor.; advertised: It was billed as a comedy.
Not to be confused with:
build – to construct: He will build the garage himself.; develop or increase: build up a bank account
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bill 1
(bĭl)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. A document containing the formal statement of a case in equity; a complaint seeking equitable relief.
b. An indictment or charge in an indictment against an accused person.
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.
[Middle English bille, from Norman French, from Medieval Latin billa, alteration of bulla, seal on a document, from Latin, bubble.]
bill′a·ble adj.
bill 2
(bĭl)n.
1. A structure projecting from the head of a bird, consisting of the jaws and their horny covering and including the upper and lower mandibles; a beak.
2. A similar horny 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
Idiom: To touch beaks together.
bill and coo
To kiss or caress and murmur endearments.
[Middle English, from Old English bile.]
bill 3
(bĭl)n.
1. A billhook.
2. A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.
[Middle English bil, from Old English bill.]
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billed
(bɪld)adj.
having a bill or beak, esp. of a specified kind (usu. used in combination): a yellow-billed magpie.
[1350–1400]
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| 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 |
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