bill

Definizione monolingua

bill

bill (third-person singular simple present bills, present participle billing, simple past and past participle billed)

1. (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

bill (plural bills)

1. Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.

   • France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows and bills. — Thomas Babington Macaulay.

   • 1786, In the British Museum there is an entry of a warrant, granted to Nicholas Spicer, authorising him to impress smiths for making two thousand Welch bills or glaives. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons.
2. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
3. Somebody armed with a bill; a bill-man.
4. (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

Definizione dizionario bill

	becco
	bird's beak
	External anatomical structure of birds which is used for taking food and for eating.

	fattura
	invoice

	conto
	invoice

biglietto

	bolletta
	Fattura in cui sono indicati il consumo di elettricità, gas, telefono e sim. e il corrispondente importo da pagare.
	Document on which are shown the consumption of electricity, gas, phone, etc. and the corresponding amount of money to be paid

	cambiale
	bill of exchange

	disegno di legge
	Proposta di legge presentata al parlamento per l'approvazione.
	Proposed law presented to the parliament for approval.

	nota
	official statement

	poster
	advertisement

	cartello
	advertisement

	disegno
	draft of a law

	legge
	draft of a law

	pubblicitario
	advertisement

addizione

affisso

annuncio pubblicitario

avviso

banconota

beccuccio

biglietto di banca

bolletta, nota, dichiarazione

buono

cartello pubblicitario

cartellone

cedola

càlcolo

decreto

diritto

documento

effetto

lista

locandina

manifesto

polizza

progetto di legge

proposta di legge

scontrino

tratta

Altri significati:

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

bill (law)

To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.

(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

to work with a bill

to charge or enter in a bill

law: declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant

written inventory

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.

cutting instrument

A request for payment for products and/or services sold.

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

beaklike projection

(legislative) bill

A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

extremity of the arm of an anchor

Somebody armed with a bill; a bill-man.

to stroke bill against bill

somebody armed with a bill

(US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

to advertise by a bill

(obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

weapon of infantry

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

piece of paper money

A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. A bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

note (currency)

Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar.

(obsolete) To peck.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.