bill

  • 81BILL — n. m. Terme emprunté de l’anglais. Projet d’acte du Parlement d’Angleterre. La Chambre des Lords a rejeté le bill. Bill d’indemnité, Résolution par laquelle le Parlement anglais déclare qu’un acte d’un ministre, quoique irrégulier, ne donnera… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 82Bill — Recorded as Bill, Bille the diminutive Billie, and possibly others, this is an English surname. It has two possible origins. Firstly it may derive from the Olde English pre 7th Century bil , meaning a sword or halberd, and hence somebody called… …

    Surnames reference

  • 83bill —    a policeman    Derived perhaps from the weapon once carried by constables, but there is probably a simpler etymology:     Eyes front, said Murf. It s Bill. A policeman in a helmet and gleaming rain cape was coming towards them. (Theroux, 1976) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 84Bill — A staff weapon with a curved blade on one end and a spike on the other. This is based on the agricultural tool called a hedging bill. 1) A) Short, informal note; B) document initiating proceedings at common law or in equity; C) petition in… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 85bill — See: CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, FILL THE BILL …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 86bill — See: CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, FILL THE BILL …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 87bill — I Jamaican Slang Glossary A basic Jamaican $100 bill. Worth just over two U.S. dollars. II Mawdesley Glossary 1. a hedging hook or slasher. 2. the name William. III South African Slang Origin: Afrikanerisms used to ask for the cheque; as in: Can… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 88bill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. score, reckoning; invoice, statement, dun; account, charges; [bank]note, greenback; beak. See accounting, money, price, legality, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A statement of account] Syn. invoice …

    English dictionary for students

  • 89Bill — pot. Szybki Bill «o kimś działającym zbyt szybko, impulsywnie, bez zastanowienia»: (...) z niego taki szybki Bill, nie zastanowi się, nie przemyśli, potem same kłopoty (...). Roz bezp 1999 …

    Słownik frazeologiczny

  • 90bill — See: clean bill of health, fill the bill …

    Словарь американских идиом