Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bill

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English bile, from Old English; akin to Old English ~  Date: before 12th century  1. the jaws of a bird together with their horny covering  2. a mouthpart (as the beak of a turtle) that resembles a bird's ~  3. the point of an anchor fluke — see anchor illustration  4. the visor of a cap or hood  II. intransitive verb  Date: 1584  1. to touch and rub ~ to ~  2. to caress affectionately ~ing and cooing  III. noun  Etymology: Middle English bil, from Old English ~ sword; akin to Old High German ~ pickax  Date: 14th century  1. a weapon in use up to the 18th century that consists of a long staff ending in a hook-shaped blade  2. ~hook  IV. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French ~e, from Medieval Latin ~a, perhaps alteration of bulla, papal seal, bull — more at bull  Date: 14th century  1. an itemized list or a statement of particulars (as a list of materials or of members of a ship's crew)  2. a written document or note  3. obsolete a formal petition  4.  a. an itemized account of the separate cost of goods sold, services performed, or work done ; invoice  b. an amount expended or owed  c. a statement of charges for food or drink ; check  5.  a. a written or printed advertisement posted or otherwise distributed to announce an event of interest to the public; especially an announcement of a theatrical entertainment  b. a programmed presentation (as a motion picture, play, or concert)  6. a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment; also the law itself the GI ~  7. a declaration in writing stating a wrong a complainant has suffered from a defendant or stating a breach of law by some person a ~ of complaint  8.  a. a piece of paper money  b. an individual or commercial note ~s receivable  c. slang one hundred dollars  V. transitive verb  Date: 14th century  1.  a. to enter in an accounting system ; prepare a ~ of (charges)  b. to submit a ~ of charges to  c. to enter (as freight) in a way~  d. to issue a ~ of lading to or for  2. to announce (as a performance) especially by posters or placards  3. advertise, promote the book is ~ed as a “report” — P. G. Altbach  • ~able adjective