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bill1 /bil/

noun
  1. A written account of money owed
  2. A draft of a proposed law
  3. A bill of exchange, a promissory note
  4. A banknote (N American)
  5. A poster advertising an event, product, etc (often as a combining form, as in playbill, handbill)
  6. A slip of paper serving as an advertisement
  7. A list of performers, etc in order of importance
  8. A programme of entertainment
  9. Any written statement of particulars
  10. A written accusation of serious crime (Eng law)
transitive verb
  1. To give or send a request for payment to
  2. To announce or advertise
  3. To enter (items) on a statement (obsolete)
ORIGIN: LL billa, from L bulla a knob, a seal, hence a document bearing a seal, etc; cf bull3

billed /bild/ adjective

Named in a list or advertisement

billˈing noun

  1. The making out or sending of bills or invoices
  2. The (total amount of) money received from customers or clients
  3. Advertising by poster
  4. Precedence of naming in an announcement or poster, eg top billing, second billing, etc

billˈboard noun (chiefly N American)

A board on which large advertising posters are stuck, a hoarding

billˈbook noun

A book used in commerce in which an entry is made of all bills accepted and received

billˈ-broker noun

A person who deals in bills of exchange and promissory notes

billˈ-chamber noun

(until 1933) a department of the Scottish Court of Session dealing with summary business

billˈ-discounter noun

A person who discounts or advances the amount of bills of exchange and notes which have some time to run

billˈfold noun (N American)

A soft case or wallet for paper money

billˈhead noun

A form used for business accounts, with name and address printed at the top

billˈposter or billˈsticker noun

A person who sticks up bills or posters

bill of adventure

A document produced by a merchant stating that goods shipped by him or her, and in his or her name, are the property of another, whose adventure or chance the transaction is

bill of costs

An account of a solicitor's charges and outgoings in the conduct of the client's business

bill of exceptions

A statement of objections by way of appeal against the ruling or direction of a judge

bill of exchange

  1. A document promising payment of a certain sum on a certain date by one party or another
  2. A document employed by the parties to a business transaction whereby payment is made through a mutually convenient third party, thereby avoiding the cost and complications of foreign exchange

bill of fare

A list of dishes or articles of food, a menu

bill of health

An official certificate of the state of health on board ship before sailing

bill of indictment

A statement of a charge made against a person

bill of lading

A document signed by a ship's owner, master or the owner's agent, stating that specified goods have been shipped or received for shipment, and specifying the terms and conditions under which they are being transported

bill of mortality (historical)

An official return of births and deaths in the London area (hence within the bills of mortality within the London district for which such returns were made)

bill of quantities (building, civil eng)

A list of items giving the quantities of material and brief descriptions of work comprised in an engineering or building works contract

bill of rights see under right1

bill of sale (Eng law)

A formal deed transferring the ownership (but not the possession) of goods

bill of sight

Permission to land imported goods of which the merchant does not know the quantity or the quality

bill of store

A licence from the customs authorities to reimport British goods formerly exported

bill of victualling

A victualling-bill (qv under victual)

clean bill of health

  1. A certificate stating that there is no illness on board a ship
  2. A statement that a person is healthy
  3. A statement that an organization, etc is in a good condition

double (or triple) bill

A programme of entertainment consisting of two (or three) main items, esp films

fill (or fit) the bill

To be adequate

top the bill

To head the list of performers, be the star attraction

fit1 /fit/

adjective (fittˈer; fittˈest)
  1. Suitable
  2. In suitable condition
  3. Meeting required standards
  4. Of suitable ability
  5. Convenient
  6. Befitting, appropriate
  7. Well trained and ready
  8. In good condition
  9. In good health
  10. Having a high level, or the required level, of stamina, suppleness or other athletic strength
  11. Highly attractive, sexually desirable (informal)
noun
  1. Success in fitting
  2. Adjustment and correspondence in shape and size
  3. A thing (esp a garment) that fits
transitive verb (fittˈing; fittˈed or (N American) fit)
  1. To make suitable or able
  2. To alter or make so as to be in adjustment
  3. To adjust
  4. To piece together
  5. To be suitable or becoming for
  6. To be of such size and shape as to adjust closely to
  7. To be in agreement or correspondence with
  8. To furnish or supply
  9. To install
  10. To drive by fits (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb
  1. To be suitable or becoming
  2. To go into place with accurate adjustment to space
  3. To be of such size and shape as to be able to do so
ORIGIN: Origin obscure

fitˈly adverb (fitˈlier; fitˈliest)

  1. Suitably
  2. Well

fitˈment noun

  1. An article of furniture or equipment
  2. A fitting
  3. A due (Shakespeare)
  4. Something fitted to an end (Shakespeare)

fitˈness noun

  1. The state of being suitable or (esp referring to health) fit
  2. The average contribution of one allele or genotype to the next generation, compared with that of other alleles or genotypes (biology; cf Darwinian fitness and inclusive fitness below)

fittˈed adjective

  1. (of a cover, clothing, etc) made, cut, sewn, etc to fit exactly
  2. (of a carpet) covering the whole of the floor
  3. (of a cupboard, etc) constructed to fit a particular space and attached to, or built into, the wall of a room
  4. (of a room) fully furnished with (matching) fitted cupboards, etc

fittˈer noun

  1. A person or thing that fits or makes fit
  2. A person who fits on clothes
  3. A person who assembles or repairs the parts of a machine, etc

fittˈing adjective

  1. Fit
  2. Appropriate
noun
  1. Anything used in fitting up, esp (in pl) equipment accessories
  2. A fixture
  3. A device used for supporting or containing a lamp, together with its holder and its shade or reflector (elec eng)
  4. The work of a fitter
  5. The act or time of trying on an article of clothing so that it can be adjusted to fit the wearer

fittˈingly adverb

fittˈingness noun

fitness walker noun

Someone who walks for exercise as well as (or instead of) pleasure

fitˈ-out noun (obsolete)

Outfit

fittˈing-out noun

A supply of things fit and necessary

fitting-out basin or fitting-out dock noun

A dock where a ship is completed after launching

fittˈing-room noun

A room in a clothes shop where customers may try on clothes before deciding whether or not to buy them

fittˈing-shop noun

A shop in which pieces of machinery are fitted together

fitˈ-up noun

  1. Temporary, improvised stage and properties (theatre)
  2. A frame-up or false criminal charge, esp by the police (slang)

Darwinian fitness (biology)

The number of offspring of an individual that live to reproduce in the next generation

fit for purpose

In suitable condition to carry out its proper function

fit in

  1. To find enough room or time for (someone or something)
  2. To be, or cause to be, in harmony (with)

fit on

  1. To try on
  2. To try a garment on (a person)

fit out

To provide or equip

fit the bill

To be adequate

fit up

  1. To provide with fittings
  2. To frame (slang)

inclusive fitness (biology)

Darwinian fitness, with the addition of those genes that the individual shares with its relatives and that are passed on by them
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