written statement of charges for goods delivered or service given; a proposed law to be discussed by a parliament (called an act when passed)
account of charges; money owed
Cases of word usage
1) an official agreement (e.g. to a proposal, a bill passed by Parliament) (assent)
2) a kind of waterbird with a long, narrow bill which curves down (curlew)
3) any of many kinds of bird with a short, hooked bill and (often) brightly coloured feathers, of which some kinds can repeat human speech (parrot)
4) a kind of bird with a long bill which lives in marshes; to fire shots (at a person, thing) from a hiding-place; to say unkind or critical things (about a person, thing) (snipe)
