time billn.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪm bɪl/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪm ˌbɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., bill n.³

Etymology: < time n. + bill n.³

1. A timetable for a railway or other means of transport, posted as a bill for public view. Cf. timetable n. 3a. Now historical.

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the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > timetable or schedule

timesc1410

time bill1810

train indicator1849

time sheet1850

horary1851

timetable1856

schedule1863

horarium1921

sked1929

time frame1946

timeline1948

1810 Statutes United Kingdom xxxiii. 59 In case the Driver of any such Coach..shall not in all possible Cases travel at the Speed of such a Number of Miles an Hour as are fixed and expressed in and by the Time-bill carried with the same.

1847 East. Counties & E. Union Railways in Railw. Mag. Jan. 1910. 46 Time bills of a prior date are not correct.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Time-bill, a time-table of the arrivals and departures of trains, omnibuses, steamers, &c.

1898 Daily News 19 Oct. 3/2 She looked down the timebill for a place a long way off, and seeing Blackpool and the distance it was off took a ticket for there.

1924 Times 21 Nov. 5/7 Published in their train time bills and time-table book.

2006 Guardian (Nexis) 22 July (Review section) 12 Advertising the departure and arrival of trains, and before them, mail coaches, wasn't new: coach companies had ‘time bills’.

2. British. A record of the precise time a mail delivery reaches particular points on its journey, used by the Post Office to monitor punctuality. Now historical.

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1822 6th Rep. Sel. Comm. Roads London to Holyhead 14 in Parl. Papers VI. 513 Do you allow any particular time for changing horses ?—Not upon the face of the post office time bill.

1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 658 To ascertain the precise moment that the train clears certain stations, that he [sc. the guard] may..chronicle the same in his time-bill.

1905 Longman's Mag. Aug. 346 He asked the postmaster at his starting-point to enter the hour of leaving in his time-bill a good deal later than the actual hour, so that he might be able to take his time and rest by the way.

1973 J. Greenwood Posts Sussex 44 The Post Office time bill quoted in Stow's ‘Survey of London’ shows that the post left the Letter Office in London at 2.30 am on July 17 1719 and arrived at East Grinstead at 3.30 pm, having travelled via Epsom, Dorking and Reigate.

3. U.S. Finance. A bill payable at a specified future date or a certain length of time after presentation or sight. Cf. time draft n. at time n., int., and conj. Compounds 2.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > a promissory note or bill of exchange

exchange1485

bill1579

bill1613

hundi1619

assignment1622

cambio1645

note1653

order1673

bank bill1682

banknote1695

assignation1704

promissory note1710

note of hand1728

stiff1823

time bill1842

PO1861

marker1887

1842 Daily Atlas (Boston, Mass.) 9 Sept. Sight bills..are selling at 1½ per cent prem. No time bills.

1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 90 This House deals extensively..in time bills on N. Orleans.

1922 D. R. Dewey & M. J. Shugrue Banking & Credit iii. 35 Discussion of documentary bills, sight bills, and time bills.

1992 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 52 587 Time bills were payable after a specified period.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	time bill
释义	time billn. Brit. /ˈtʌɪm bɪl/, U.S. /ˈtaɪm ˌbɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: time n., bill n.³ Etymology: < time n. + bill n.³ 1. A timetable for a railway or other means of transport, posted as a bill for public view. Cf. timetable n. 3a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > timetable or schedule timesc1410 time bill1810 train indicator1849 time sheet1850 horary1851 timetable1856 schedule1863 horarium1921 sked1929 time frame1946 timeline1948 1810 Statutes United Kingdom xxxiii. 59 In case the Driver of any such Coach..shall not in all possible Cases travel at the Speed of such a Number of Miles an Hour as are fixed and expressed in and by the Time-bill carried with the same. 1847 East. Counties & E. Union Railways in Railw. Mag. Jan. 1910. 46 Time bills of a prior date are not correct. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Time-bill, a time-table of the arrivals and departures of trains, omnibuses, steamers, &c. 1898 Daily News 19 Oct. 3/2 She looked down the timebill for a place a long way off, and seeing Blackpool and the distance it was off took a ticket for there. 1924 Times 21 Nov. 5/7 Published in their train time bills and time-table book. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 22 July (Review section) 12 Advertising the departure and arrival of trains, and before them, mail coaches, wasn't new: coach companies had ‘time bills’. 2. British. A record of the precise time a mail delivery reaches particular points on its journey, used by the Post Office to monitor punctuality. Now historical. ΚΠ 1822 6th Rep. Sel. Comm. Roads London to Holyhead 14 in Parl. Papers VI. 513 Do you allow any particular time for changing horses ?—Not upon the face of the post office time bill. 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 658 To ascertain the precise moment that the train clears certain stations, that he [sc. the guard] may..chronicle the same in his time-bill. 1905 Longman's Mag. Aug. 346 He asked the postmaster at his starting-point to enter the hour of leaving in his time-bill a good deal later than the actual hour, so that he might be able to take his time and rest by the way. 1973 J. Greenwood Posts Sussex 44 The Post Office time bill quoted in Stow's ‘Survey of London’ shows that the post left the Letter Office in London at 2.30 am on July 17 1719 and arrived at East Grinstead at 3.30 pm, having travelled via Epsom, Dorking and Reigate. 3. U.S. Finance. A bill payable at a specified future date or a certain length of time after presentation or sight. Cf. time draft n. at time n., int., and conj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > a promissory note or bill of exchange exchange1485 bill1579 bill1613 hundi1619 assignment1622 cambio1645 note1653 order1673 bank bill1682 banknote1695 assignation1704 promissory note1710 note of hand1728 stiff1823 time bill1842 PO1861 marker1887 1842 Daily Atlas (Boston, Mass.) 9 Sept. Sight bills..are selling at 1½ per cent prem. No time bills. 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 90 This House deals extensively..in time bills on N. Orleans. 1922 D. R. Dewey & M. J. Shugrue Banking & Credit iii. 35 Discussion of documentary bills, sight bills, and time bills. 1992 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 52 587 Time bills were payable after a specified period. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1810
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