bill

Definition

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

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.

Example 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."
• "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."

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