Bill Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

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

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* Milton And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire. - Office Space

* Slater Didja ever look at a dollar bill man There's some spooky shit goin' on there. And it's green too. - Dazed and Confused

* Economics Teacher In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone Anyone... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone Anyone The tariff bill The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act Which, anyone Raised or lowered... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work Anyone Anyone know the effects It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is Class Anyone Anyone Anyone seen this before The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980 Anyone Something-d-o-o economics. Voodoo economics. - Ferris Bueller's Day Off


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