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1. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
   "he paid his bill and left";
   - account, invoice
    
2. [N. Amer] A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
   "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty bills";
   - note, government note [US], bank bill, banker's bill [N. Amer], bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note [US], greenback [US, informal]
    
3. (law) a statute in draft before it becomes law
   "they held a public hearing on the bill";
   - measure
    
4. [Brit] The bill in a restaurant
   - check [N. Amer], chit, tab [N. Amer, informal]
    
5. The entertainment offered at a public presentation
    
6. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
   "he mailed the bill to all subscribers";
   - circular, handbill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
    
7. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
   "a bill advertised the coming attractions";
   - poster, posting, placard, notice, card
    
8. A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)
    
9. A cutting tool with a sharp edge
   "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree";
   - billhook
    
10. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
    "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead";
    - peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor
     
11. Horny projecting mouth of a bird
    - beak, neb, nib, pecker

1. Demand payment
   "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights";
   - charge
    
2. Advertise especially by posters or placards
   "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso"
    
3. Publicize or announce by placards
   - placard

1. The force of policemen and officers
   - police, police force, constabulary, law, polis [UK, dialect, informal], fuzz [informal], the fuzz [informal], boys in blue [informal], Old Bill [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: bills, billing, billed

Type of: account, ad [informal], advert [Brit], advertise, advertisement, advertising, advertize [US, non-standard], advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard], brim, calculate, financial statement, flack [N. Amer, informal], folding money, force, hand tool, instrument, law enforcement agency, legal document, legal instrument, list, listing, mouth, official document, paper currency, paper money, personnel, post, program [N. Amer], programme [Brit, Cdn], promote, push, sign, statement

Part of: baseball cap, bird, birdie [informal], golf cap, jockey cap, kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap

Encyclopedia: Bill, William