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
billets 1 of 3
noun (1)
as in bars
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
- bars
- beams
- rods
- boards
- sticks
- ingots
- slabs
- strips
- bands
- girders
- crossbars
- crossbeams
- arbors
- blooms
billets
2 of 3noun (2)
as in positions
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
- positions
- jobs
- posts
- places
- employments
- appointments
- berths
- situations
- capacities
- functions
- connections
- employs
- offices
- occupations
- spots
- vocations
- professions
- works
- duties
- postings
- careers
- services
- trades
- pursuits
- callings
- gigs
- engagements
- tasks
- businesses
- livings
- missions
- rackets
- lines
- practices
- livelihoods
- lifeworks
- practises
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- avocations
- unemployments
billets
3 of 3verb
as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier Synonyms & Similar Words
- houses
- camps
- shelters
- quarters
- lodges
- rooms
- bunks
- boards
- chambers
- roofs
- accommodates
- bivouacs
- domiciles
- tents
- barracks
- homes
- stables
- encamps
- harbors
- bestows
- takes in
- sheds
- roosts
- secures
- ensconces
- puts up
- beds (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ejects
- evicts