bill – English noun declension

English noun forms of bill

Noun: bill
Singularbill
Pluralbills

Sample Sentences

  • Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to introduce a bill entitled[…]
  • Why, I'll exhibit a bill in the parliament for the putting down of men. [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], line 28:]
  • David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats. [2012 December 14, Simon Jenkins, “We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 2, page 23:]
  • ... the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality ... [1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:]
  • He gave the change for a three dollar bill. Upon examination, the bill proved to be counterfeit. [1830, anonymous author, The Galaxy of Wit: Or, Laughing Philosopher, Being a Collection of Choice Anecdotes, Many of Which Originated in or about "The Literary Emporium":]
  • […]So I wropped 'em up in a five dollar bill and tied 'em up and sent 'em, and they ain't back yet.” [1935, Cabins in the Laurel, University of North Carolina Press, published 19 March 2014, →ISBN, page 231:]
  • I ran into the Devil, babe, he loaned me 20 bills. [1970, “Friend of the Devil”, performed by Grateful Dead:]
  • There was no excuse, simply no excuse for not making four or five bills a week. A little initiative, that's all. [1954, Budd Schulberg, On the Waterfront, Random House, page 25:]
  • All we got from her was Stranahan's location, and barely that. A house in the bay, she said. A house with a windmill. Easiest five bills that woman ever made. [1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 113:]
  • In the conversation Henshall says he "struggling to find people to go up the roads" explaining how it would be "no good for black people" and how they need a "young white boy to go up there".
  • Stock agrees, saying how he knows "this kid" who "owes me 12 bills". [2023, BBC News: "Newport: Drugs gang jailed for exploiting vulnerable child" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66570256]
  • He received a bill of £9 for the groceries.
  • My lord, here is my bill. [c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 85:]
  • In the meantime I will draw a bill of properties, such as our play wants. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 104:]
  • Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, Master Parson; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 8:]
  • We've got a brilliant new comedian on the bill tonight.
  • Meanwhile, the bills on the main stages skewed towards mainstream pop, with mixed results. Lorde’s Friday evening Other stage appearance was one of the weekend’s highlights. The staging and choreography were fantastic – a giant glass tank on a hydraulic platform, in and around which a troupe of dancers acted out the highs and lows of a teenage party [2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:]
  • One of the best stories of the period describes the misadventure of a batch of candidates for confirmation whose names were by accident sent up to the Head-Master on a piece of paper identical in size and shape with the "bill" used by the Masters for the purpose of reporting delinquents. Keate, we are told, insisted on flogging all the boys mentioned in the document […] [1875, Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, A History of Eton College, 1440-1875, page 373:]

Etymology

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. See: Middle English Nouns 'bille'.

Verbs referencing "bill"

French Nouns bill, Irish Nouns bille, Ukrainian Nouns білль.