Definition of "bill" in Englisch

noun

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

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

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

   • Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to introduce a bill entitled[…]

4. (obsolete, law) 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.

5. (US, Canada) A piece of paper money; a banknote.

6. (slang, UK) One hundred pounds sterling.

   • In the conversation Henshall says he "struggling to find people to go up the roads" explaining how it would be "no good for black people" and how they need a "young white boy to go up there". Stock agrees, saying how he knows "this kid" who "owes me 12 bills".

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

   • He received a bill of £9 for the groceries.

8. (slang, India) A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, listing the price or charge paid; a receipt.

9. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods

10. 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.

11. A set of items presented together.

12. (UK, Eton College) A list of pupils to be disciplined for breaking school rules.

verb

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

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

noun

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

2. A beaklike projection, especially a promontory.

   • There is a lighthouse on Portland Bill.

3. Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

verb

1. (obsolete) to peck