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Vinony

Bill

proper noun

  1. male given name; short form of William
L1416332 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. form used for most legislation of the United States Congress
  2. proposed law
  3. statement of the amount of money owed for goods supplied or services rendered
  4. banknote
  5. written or printed public notice or advertisement
  6. the beak of a bird or other animal
  7. part of a cap; visor
L3855 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. request payment of
  2. describe
L3856 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɪl/ / [bɪɫ] / /ˈbɪl/ / [ˈbɪɫ] / /ˈbɪʊ̯/

name

Etymology: Hypocorism of William. It is unclear how the initial W became a B; this could have been part of the medieval trend of swapping letters, similar to Dick for Rick.

  1. A diminutive of the male given name William.

    “"My other name's Bill," he said. "I was christened Bill but Mr Thursgood calls me William." / "Bill, eh. The unpaid Bill. Anyone ever call you that?" / "No, sir." / "Good name, anyway." / "Yes, sir." / "Known a lot of Bills. They've all been good 'uns."”

    “One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"?”

  2. A diminutive of the male given name Bilal.

    “Bill Essayli, Trump’s pick in April to temporarily lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, should have departed the post by July 31 under a 120-day limit imposed by federal law, U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright concluded.”

  3. A surname.
  4. A nickname for the British constabulary. Often called "The Bill" or "Old Bill"

noun

Etymology: Onomatopoeic.

  1. The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

    “The bittern's hollow bill was heard.”

verb

Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of build.

  1. To roll up a marijuana cigarette.

    “And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour me a glass of the Henny on the rocks”