HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of BILL products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | bih'l |
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| Rhymes | Advil, anthill, Asheville, and 98 more rhymes in ihl... |
| Meaning | A statute in draft before it becomes law. |
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| Examples | "they held a public hearing on the bill" |
| Synonyms | measure |
| Parts | rider |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument |
| Narrower | appropriation bill; bill of attainder; bottle bill; farm bill; trade bill |
| Meaning | An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered. |
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| Examples | "he paid his bill and left" |
| Synonyms | account, invoice |
| Broader | statement, financial statement |
| Narrower | electric bill; hotel bill; medical bill, doctor's bill; phone bill, telephone bill; reckoning, tally; tax bill; check, chit, tab |
| Verbs | bill |
| Meaning | A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank). |
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| Synonyms | note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback |
| Broader | paper money, folding money, paper currency |
| Narrower | silver certificate; hundred dollar bill, c-note; fifty dollar bill, fifty; twenty dollar bill, twenty; tenner, ten dollar bill; fiver, five-spot, five dollar bill; two dollar bill; dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam |
| Meaning | The entertainment offered at a public presentation. |
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| Broader | program, programme |
| Meaning | A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare). |
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| Broader | list, listing |
| Narrower | bill of entry; bill of goods; menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte; playbill |
| Meaning | An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. |
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| Synonyms | circular, handbill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway |
| Broader | ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert |
| Narrower | stuffer |
| Meaning | Horny projecting mouth of a bird. |
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| Synonyms | beak, neb, nib, pecker |
| Part of | bird |
| Broader | mouth |
| Meaning | A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. |
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| Synonyms | poster, posting, placard, notice, card |
| Broader | sign |
| Narrower | show bill, show card, theatrical poster; flash card, flashcard |
| Verbs | bill; bill |
| Meaning | A long-handled saw with a curved blade. |
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| Examples | "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree" |
| Synonyms | billhook |
| Broader | saw |
| Meaning | A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes. |
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| Examples | "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" |
| Synonyms | peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor |
| Part of | baseball cap, jockey cap, golf cap; kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap |
| Broader | brim |
| Meaning | Demand payment. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something |
| Examples | "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| Synonyms | charge |
| Similar to | charge |
| Broader | account, calculate |
| Narrower | levy, impose; tithe; assess; undercharge; surcharge; invoice |
| Entailed by | overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook |
| Nouns | bill |
| Meaning | Advertise especially by posters or placards. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso" |
| Broader | advertise, advertize, promote, push |
| Nouns | bill |
| Meaning | Publicize or announce by placards. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | placard |
| Broader | post |
| Nouns | bill |
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