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  • 11Bill — Bill, n. [OE. bil, AS. bill, bil; akin to OS. bil sword, OHG. bill pickax, G. bille. Cf. {Bill} bea?.] 1. A cutting instrument, with hook shaped point, and fitted with a handle; used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill,… …

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  • 12BILL (M.) — BILL MAX (1908 1994) Élève célèbre et fidèle continuateur de l’esprit du Bauhaus, Max Bill, malgré la diversité de ses activités (il est à la fois sculpteur, peintre, architecte, designer , théoricien, professeur et homme politique), propose un… …

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  • 13bill — n Bill, beak, neb, nib denote the jaws of a bird together with their projecting horny covering. Bill is the general term and is used inclusively by ornithologists for such a structure; in popular usage, however, bill suggests a structure that is… …

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  • 14Bill C-51 — is part of the new Consumer Product Safety Plan being proposed by the Government of Canada. The legislative package proposes amendments to the Food and Drugs Act as well as a new Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. These bills, C 51 and C 52 are… …

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  • 15bill — [n1] account of charges; money owed bad news*, check, chit, damage*, debt, invoice, IOU, itemized account, knock*, note, reckoning, request for payment, score, statement, statement of indebtedness, tab; concepts 329,332 bill [n2] list; circular… …

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  • 16bill — bill1 [bil] n. [ME bille < Anglo L billa, altered < ML bulla, sealed document < L, knob, bubble: see BOIL1] 1. a statement, usually itemized, of charges for goods or services; invoice 2. a statement or list, as a menu, theater program,… …

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  • 17Bill — Bill, im engl. ursprünglich so viel als Billet, ein beschriebenes Blatt, eine Schrift, hat sich bei mehreren gerichtlichen, politischen Urkunden und selbst im Handel erhalten; z.B. true bill, die Entscheidung der Großjury, daß Ursache zur Anklage …

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  • 18Bill — Bill, v. t. 1. To advertise by a bill or public notice. [1913 Webster] 2. To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19Bill — Bill, n. [OE. bile, bille, AS. bile beak of a bird, proboscis; cf. Ir. & Gael. bil, bile, mouth, lip, bird s bill. Cf. {Bill} a weapon.] A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 20Bill — Bill, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Billed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Billing}.] 1. To strike; to peck. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness. As pigeons bill. Shak. [1913 Webster] {To bill and coo}, to interchange caresses; said …

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