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1.A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
- Why, I'll exhibit a bill in the parliament for the putting down of men.
2.A piece of paper money; a banknote.
- I ran into the Devil, babe, he loaned me 20 bills.
- He gave the change for a three dollar bill. Upon examination, the bill proved to be counterfeit.
- There was no excuse, simply no excuse for not making four or five bills a week. A little initiative, that's all.
3.A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
- Could you bring us the bill, please?
- Bill, if you'll come with me, you'll float, too.
4.A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
- Could you bring us the bill, please?
- Bill, if you'll come with me, you'll float, too.

1.To advertise by a bill or public notice.
2.To charge; to send a bill to.
- The physician explains that this is an option for her and that she can sign the facility's ABN so that if Medicare denies the claim, the facility can bill her for the scan.
3.to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness
4.To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

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From Middle English bille, from Anglo-Norman bille, from Old French bulle, from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document”).

Doublet of bull (“papal bull; bubble”) and bulla.