Bill - English meaning

noun

A report or description of an event or experience.

Usage examples:

A detailed account of what has been achieved

verb

Consider or regard in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Her visit could not be accounted a success

noun

Money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back

verb

Take action; do something.

Usage examples:

They urged washington to act

noun

A thing done; a deed.

Usage examples:

A criminal act

abbreviation

Advance corporation tax.

noun

An advertisement.

Usage examples:

The latest television lager ad

noun

Short for advantage.

prefix

Denoting motion or direction to.

Usage examples:

Advance

noun

An advertisement.

Usage examples:

Amid all the gloom and doom in the advertising industry giant adverts seem to be bucking the trend.

verb

Refer to in speaking or writing.

Usage examples:

I have already adverted to the solar revolution

verb

Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.

Usage examples:

A billboard advertising beer

noun

A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.

Usage examples:

Advertisements for alcoholic drinks

noun

A paid notice that tells people about a product or service

Usage examples:

I saw an advertisement for the job in yesterday’s paper.

noun

A picture, sign, etc. that is used to make a product or service known and persuade people to buy it

Usage examples:

An advertisement for sth her first modelling job was in an advertisement for baked beans., place/pu…

noun

A notice or sign for public display, typically intended to be affixed to a wall; a placard, a poster. frequently in french contexts.

verb

To fix, fasten; to affix; (in modern use) specifically to fix (a poster or placard) to a wall. rare after 15th century.

verb

To parade, flaunt; to make known, give notice of; to advertise, publicize; to display, show.

verb

Make a formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention.

Usage examples:

The president's office announced that the siege would be lifted

noun

A formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention.

Usage examples:

The minister was about to make an announcement

noun

Something that someone says officially, giving information about something

Usage examples:

The president made an unexpected announcement this morning., the announcement of the changes has be…

noun

A piece of paper money, constituting a central bank's promissory note to pay a stated sum to the bearer on demand.

Usage examples:

A £100 banknote

noun

A piece of printed paper that has a particular value as money

Usage examples:

A £20 banknote, they issue both banknotes and coins.

noun

A bird's horny projecting jaws; a bill.

Usage examples:

A parent bird with a caterpillar in its beak

noun

A magistrate or a schoolmaster.

Usage examples:

In order to help out i moved from the fines court to the magistrates court next door and went up be…

noun

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.

Usage examples:

The offer was denounced as a bluff

verb

Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.

Usage examples:

He's been bluffing all along

adjective

Direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way.

Usage examples:

A big, bluff, hearty man

noun

A sleeveless cloak, typically a short one.

Usage examples:

He was wearing a flowing cape

verb

(in bullfighting) taunt (the bull) by flourishing a cape.

Usage examples:

The film shows a man expertly caping a charging bull

noun

A headland or promontory.

Usage examples:

We could see the island from the cape

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Usage examples:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Usage examples:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

adjective

Having the form of a circle.

Usage examples:

The building features a circular atrium

noun

A letter or advertisement that is distributed to a large number of people.

Usage examples:

I received a circular from a building society

adjective

In the shape of a circle; round

Usage examples:

One man built a circular barn for his cows., the circular area is used for parking., the discount c…

noun

An entry recording a sum owed, listed on the left-hand side or column of an account.

Usage examples:

A double-entry system of bookkeeping, where each debit has a corresponding credit entry

verb

(of a bank or other financial organization) remove (an amount of money) from a customer's account.

Usage examples:

$10,000 was debited from their account

noun

Money taken out of a financial account, or a record of money taken

Usage examples:

We have debited your account $30.

noun

A person who engages in cunning tricks or dishonest practices to evade a debt or obligation.

Usage examples:

Tax dodgers

noun

Someone who illegally avoids doing something

Usage examples:

Tax/fare dodgers

noun

A person who illegally sticks a political or other poster (= notice) on a public wall, fence, etc.

Usage examples:

Fly-posters will be prosecuted., the fly-poster was barred from posting or carrying posters or past…

noun

A person or thing that flies, especially in a particular way.

Usage examples:

Frequent flyers

adjective

Knowing and clever.

Usage examples:

She's fly enough not to get tricked out of it

noun

An area of land bordering on another or lying in front of a particular feature.

Usage examples:

Floodwater may contain higher carbon dioxide concentrations if the ph is sufficiently low, but both…

noun

A dollar bill; a dollar.

Usage examples:

He's worth a boatload of greenbacks

noun

Any piece of us paper money

Usage examples:

He took out a thick wad of greenbacks.

noun

The american dollar, as referred to in relation to currency trading

Usage examples:

Economic growth will affect the global demand for greenbacks., the new currency has lost around 10%…

noun

A quantity of financial or other material aid given to a person or organization.

Usage examples:

Dependence on central government handouts

noun

Something such as food, clothing, or money that is given free to someone who needs it

Usage examples:

Government handouts, her handout included a list of the books she referred to.

noun

Something such as food, clothing, or money that is given free to someone who is in need of it

Usage examples:

She ended up living on handouts and food vouchers., federal/government/state handouts, the electric…

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

noun

A narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea.

Usage examples:

The fal estuary is long and wide, and falmouth grew along its western side in a straggling way, cur…

noun

A piece of land that sticks out from the coast into the sea

noun

A hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin.

Usage examples:

At the end of these two cows' horns are attached, and to the horns two large goat skin bellows, one…

verb

(of an animal) butt or gore (someone or something) with the horns.

noun

A list of goods sent or services provided, with a statement of the sum due for these; a bill.

Usage examples:

This master file then automatically generates key documents such as commercial invoices, packing li…

verb

Send an invoice to (someone).

Usage examples:

If it is an issue, invoice me for the trip and i will send you an account for the full amount of my…

noun

A statement listing goods or services provided and their prices, used in business as a record of sale

Usage examples:

You need to have a copy of your original invoice if you want a refund., when they ship the cds, the…

noun

A printed sheet of paper containing information or advertising and usually distributed free.

Usage examples:

Pick up a leaflet from your local branch

verb

Distribute leaflets to (people or an area).

Usage examples:

Tourists visiting the area are being leafleted

noun

A piece of paper, or several pieces of paper folded together, that gives information or advertises something

Usage examples:

They were handing out leaflets outside the supermarket about the school board election.

idiom

Form a line

phrasal verb

Arrange a number of people or things in a straight row.

Usage examples:

An officer lined them up and gave them a short speech

phrasal verb

Have someone or something ready or prepared.

Usage examples:

Have you got any work lined up?

noun

A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other.

Usage examples:

Consult the list of drugs on page 326

verb

Make a list of.

Usage examples:

I have listed four reasons below

noun

An instance of a ship listing to one side.

Usage examples:

The gallery walls are lined with marine ply, angled to give an echo of the list of a ship under sail.

noun

A list or catalogue.

Usage examples:

Looking over the catalogues and listings of the period, it is amusing to see what was popular then …

verb

Make a list of.

Usage examples:

I have listed four reasons below

verb

(of a ship) lean over to one side, typically because of a leak or unbalanced cargo.

Usage examples:

The ship was listing badly

noun

The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.

Usage examples:

The tongue is suspended from the inside of the mandible above the hyoid bone and has muscles with a…

noun

In a person or animal, the lower jaw bone

verb

Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.

Usage examples:

The amount of water collected is measured in pints

noun

A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cost-cutting measures

verb

Determine the dimensions of something or somebody

verb

Think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length.

Usage examples:

She began to mull over the various possibilities

verb

Warm (an alcoholic drink, especially wine) and add sugar and spices to it.

Usage examples:

A saucepan on the stove works just fine since we don't mull the cider for very long

noun

Humus formed under non-acid conditions.

Usage examples:

Humus should be of the mull type - ranging from acidic to calcareous, or moder in podsol.

noun

A nose, snout, or bird's beak.

Usage examples:

Apart from my neb, i'm really not that bad looking, but whenever i'm talking to anyone they just ca…

abbreviation

(in the uk) national enterprise board.

abbreviation

Nebraska.

noun

A headland or promontory.

Usage examples:

Orford ness

suffix

(forming nouns chiefly from adjectives) denoting a state or condition.

Usage examples:

Liveliness

noun

A brief record of points or ideas written down as an aid to memory.

Usage examples:

I'll make a note in my diary

verb

Notice or pay particular attention to (something).

Usage examples:

He noted his mother's unusual gaiety

noun

A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

Usage examples:

The island's 3,700 acres of tropical rainforest are a biological reserve that also includes five su…

noun

An area of land mostly surrounded by water but connected to a larger piece of land

Usage examples:

The monterey peninsula

noun

A poster announcing a theatrical performance.

Usage examples:

Her name occupied third place in the playbills

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

noun

A long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker.

Usage examples:

Follow the blue posts until the track meets a road

verb

Display (a notice) in a public place.

Usage examples:

A curt notice had been posted on the door

adverb

With haste.

Usage examples:

Come now, come post

noun

A large printed picture used for decoration.

Usage examples:

Art is not alien; we all have pictures, posters and decorations hanging on our walls at home.

verb

Put up posters in an area.

Usage examples:

They even got a little overzealous, and postered over some election signs

noun

A large printed picture or notice put up for advertising or decoration

Usage examples:

She had a poster of some rock star on the wall.

noun

A set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim.

Usage examples:

An extensive programme of reforms

verb

Provide (a computer or other machine) with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a task.

Usage examples:

It is a simple matter to program the computer to recognize such symbols

noun

An officially organized system of services, activities, or opportunities that help people achieve something

Usage examples:

There is no graduate training programme for new recruits., a programme to do sth housing market ren…

noun

A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.

Usage examples:

A rocky promontory

noun

A narrow area of high land that sticks out into the sea

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Usage examples:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Usage examples:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

noun

A plan or suggestion, especially a formal or written one, put forward for consideration by others.

Usage examples:

A set of proposals for a major new high-speed rail link

noun

The action or process of calculating or estimating something.

Usage examples:

The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, earl of mar

verb

Establish by calculation.

Usage examples:

His debts were reckoned at £300,000

noun

A calculation that you make

Usage examples:

By my reckoning, we should arrive in ten minutes.

noun

A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.

Usage examples:

We have drawn up an engineering schedule

verb

Arrange or plan (an event) to take place at a particular time.

Usage examples:

The release of the single is scheduled for april

verb

A list of times at which things are planned to occur

noun

The number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual.

Usage examples:

The final score was 4–3 to royston

verb

Gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.

Usage examples:

Mccartney scored a fine goal

verb

A number that expresses accomplishment in a game or contest

noun

The firing of a gun or cannon.

Usage examples:

Mulder killed him with a single shot

adjective

Past and past participle of shoot.

noun

A bill or one's share of it, especially in a pub or bar.

Usage examples:

He had paid her shot

noun

A fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.

Usage examples:

Slate quarries

verb

Cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.

Usage examples:

He was working for his father slating a new roof

noun

A dark gray rock that can be divided into wide, flat, thin pieces

Usage examples:

The republicans are expected to announce their slate tomorrow., the festival is slated to run here …

verb

Eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger.

Usage examples:

Todd spat in hugh's face

noun

Saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth.

Usage examples:

I brought up all this phlegm and spit into my mouth, and at first it was so, so foul i nearly choked.

verb

Put a spit through (meat) in order to roast it over an open fire.

Usage examples:

He spitted the rabbit and cooked it

noun

A definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

Do you agree with this statement?

verb

Officially assess (a child) as having special educational needs.

Usage examples:

A reassessment of statemented children

noun

Something that is said, esp. formally and officially

Usage examples:

The candidate made a statement to the press., a fashion statement, they wore the armbands as a poli…

noun

A small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information.

Usage examples:

The shopkeeper undid the clasp binding the date book closed and heaved it open, revealing a binder …

verb

Short for tableau curtains.

verb

Use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.

Usage examples:

The user can tab to the phrase and press enter

noun

A current score or amount.

Usage examples:

That takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

verb

Agree or correspond.

Usage examples:

Their signatures should tally with their names on the register

noun

A record or count of a number of items

Usage examples:

The final tally was 21 for and 16 against., [ t ] i need to finish tallying the receipts., [ i ] hi…

noun

A chart showing the departure and arrival times of trains, buses, or aircraft.

Usage examples:

These itineraries are subject to bus timetables

verb

Schedule (something) to take place at a particular time.

Usage examples:

German lessons were timetabled on wednesday and friday

noun

A list of the times when particular activities or events will happen; schedule

Usage examples:

An election is expected in one or two years, although no timetable has been announced.

noun

The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.

Usage examples:

Swallowing, which is accomplished by muscle movements in the tongue and mouth, moves the food into …

verb

Sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue.

Usage examples:

Eugene has worked out the correct tonguing

noun

The movable part in the mouth that is used in tasting and swallowing food and, in people, in producing speech

Usage examples:

Mcadam could speak the eskimo tongue, too.