(bil) noun
1. A statement of an account or of money due.
2. A banknote or treasury note: a ten-dollar bill.
3. A list of items: a bill of fare.
4. The draft of a proposed law.
5. Law A paper filed in a court calling for some specific action.
6. Some public notice or advertisement; the program of a theatrical performance.
7. Brit. A bill of exchange.
8. Loosely, a promissory note.
9. In Scots law, a petition to the court of sessions.
10. Obs. Any writing; a billet; petition. See synonyms under MONEY.
—v.t.
1. To enter in a bill; charge.
2. To present a bill to.
3. To advertise by bills or placards. [<LL billa, var. of bulla.
See BULL².]

(bil) noun
A beak, as of a bird.
—v.i. To join bills, as doves; caress.
—to bill and coo To caress lovingly; make love in soft murmuring tones. [OE bile]

(bil) noun
1. A hook-shaped instrument used by gardeners in pruning: also bill′hook′.
2. An ancient weapon with a hook-shaped blade; a halberd.
3. The point or peak of the fluke of an anchor. [OE bill sword, ax]

(bil) noun
1. A bellow or roar.
2. A boom, as of the bittern. [Var. of BELL²]

(bil)
Diminutive of WILLIAM.