billet
1 of 3noun (1)
bil·let ˈbi-lət 
1
archaic : a brief letter : note
2
a
: an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)
b
: quarters assigned by or as if by a billet
3
: position, job
a lucrative billet
billet
2 of 3verb
billeted; billeting; billets
transitive verb
1
: to assign lodging to (someone, such as a soldier) by or as if by a billet
2
: to serve with a billet
billet a householder
billet
3 of 3noun (2)
1
a
: a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)
b
obsolete : cudgel
2
a
: a bar of metal
b
: a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom
c
: a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion
d
: a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- appointment
- berth
- capacity
- connection
- function
- job
- place
- position
- post
- situation
Verb
- accommodate
- bestow
- bivouac
- board
- bunk
- camp
- chamber
- domicile
- encamp
- harbor
- house
- lodge
- put up
- quarter
- roof
- room
- shelter
- take in
Noun (2)
- bar
- rod
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billette, diminutive of bille bill
Noun (2)
Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billete, diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing billet
billet 1 of 3
noun (1)
as in bar
a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide a stack of gold billets in the vault Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bar
- beam
- rod
- board
- strip
- slab
- band
- ingot
- arbor
- stick
- girder
- crossbeam
- crossbar
- bloom
billet
2 of 3noun (2)
as in position
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York Synonyms & Similar Words
- position
- job
- employment
- place
- post
- capacity
- employ
- situation
- berth
- function
- connection
- occupation
- appointment
- spot
- duty
- vocation
- office
- work
- racket
- engagement
- service
- trade
- line
- pursuit
- business
- career
- gig
- task
- profession
- posting
- living
- calling
- livelihood
- mission
- practice
- practise
- lifework
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- avocation
- unemployment
- joblessness
billet
3 of 3verb
as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier Synonyms & Similar Words
- house
- lodge
- camp
- accommodate
- bunk
- shelter
- board
- bivouac
- room
- roof
- chamber
- domicile
- quarter
- encamp
- harbor
- barrack
- home
- tent
- bestow
- stable
- take in
- shed
- secure
- ensconce
- put up
- roost
- bed (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- eject
- evict