(bil′it) noun
1. A written missive; a note.
2. A requisition on a household to maintain a soldier.
3. The place where soldiers are so lodged.
4. Brit. A position; appointment.
—v.t. & v.i.
1. To lodge (soldiers), or to be quartered or lodged, in a private house.
2. To serve with a missive. [<OF billete, dim. of bille <L bulla seal, document]
—bil′let·er noun

(bil′it) noun
1. A stick, as of firewood.
2. Any short, thick stick.
3. Archit. One of a series of short, cylindrical ornaments, forming part of a molding.
4. A harness strap that passes through a buckle; also, the loop or pocket for receiving such a strap after it passes through the buckle.
5. Metall. A bloom of iron or steel drawn into a small bar. [<OF billete, dim. of bille log]