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BillNoun1. A statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill". 2. A statement of money owed for goods or services; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe". 3. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes". 4. The entertainment offered at a public presentation. 5. A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare). 6. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers". 7. Horny projecting mouth of a bird. 8. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions". 9. A long-handled saw with a curved blade; "he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree". 10. : a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead". Verb1. Demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?" "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although e stayed only 3 nights". 2. Advertise esp. by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso". 3. Publicize or announce by placards. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Bill" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a will", "a desire", "a helmet", "a protection". |
Date "bill" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Bill \Bill\, noun. [Old English bill, bille, from Late Latin billa (or Old French bille), for Latin bulla anything rounded, Late Latin, seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; compare to French bille a ball, probably from Ger.; compare to MHG. bickel, Dutch bikkel, dice. Compare to Bullpapal edict, Billeta paper.]. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | BILL, Buffalo, alias W. F. Cody, the delight of the American boy. He began his career shooting buffaloes and Indians on the plains of the West, and ended it shooting glass balls for a fortune in a tent. Installed the I-want-to-be-a-cow-boy ambition in the hearts of young America. He also made a goatee and a big hat famous. Played the show market a little too long. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Economics | 1. A "Bill of Exchange" or "Draft" (same thing). 2. A written statement of contract terms. 3 .The word "Bill" has many other international trade connotations - "Invoice" etc. (references) |
Finance | Bills(bills of exchange and promissory notes)are financial claims whose technical, legal and economic characteristics vary somewhat from one country to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Extreme and more or less pointed end of arm. Projects beyond fluke and assists anchor to bite into the ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A cutting tool consisting of a blade with a hooked point fitted with a handle and used in pruning and similar work. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Law | Written plan for a legislative act which is brought to the Federal Chambers for them to consider. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A proposed law, introduced during a session for consideration by the Legislature, and identified numerically in order of presentation; also, commonly refers to Joint and Concurrent Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments. (references) | |
Literature | Bill (The ). The nose, also called the beak. Hence, "Billy" is slang for a pocket-handkerchief. "Lastly came Winter, clothed all in frize, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill; Whilst on his hoary beard his breath did freeze; And the dull drops that from his purple bill [nose], As from a limbeck, did adown distill." Spenser: Faërie Queene, canto vii. Bill (A ). The draft of an Act of Parliament. A public bill is the draft of an Act of Parliament affecting the general public. A private bill is the draft of an Act of Parliament for the granting of something to a company, corporation, or certain individuals. A true bill. I confess what you say is true. The case against the accused is first submitted to the grand jury. If they think the charge has a fair colour, they write on the declaration "A true bill," and the case is submitted to the petty jury. Otherwise, they write "No true bill," or "Not found," and the case is at once dismissed or "ignored." To ignore a bill is to write on it ignoramus. "`Ignoramus' is the word properly used by the Grand Enquest ... and written upon the bill."- Cowell. Bills payable. Bills of exchange, promissory notes, or other documents promising to pay a sum of money. Bills receivable. Promissory notes, bills of exchange, or other acceptances held by a person to whom the money stated is payable. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Public Administration | Defined officially as'an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money, to, or to the order of, a specified person, or to the bearer; Bills of exchange involve the payment of money only. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | DRAUGHT, or BILL, ON THE PUMP AT ALDGATE. A bad or false bill of exchange. See ALDGATE. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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A bill can be one of:
When goods are pre-ordered or purchased without immediate payment, a bill is usually received some time later. In this context it is short for a bill of lading. Bills are issued on a regular basis for payment of prearranged services or for services rendered. eg. water bill, gas bill, credit card bill, restaurant bill.
- paper documents used as currency (notes in British English): see Bill (currency).
- proposed laws put before a legislature. See Bill (proposed law), Act of Parliament
- another name for the beak of a bird.
- a type of weapon: a halberd, only on a 5 foot pole. See bill (weapon)
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A bill is a proposal introduced within a legislature to be read as part of procedure to become a law.
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The bill was for many years the mainstay weapon of British infantry. Descended from agricultural tools, the bill was a chopping blade with several spiking projections mounted on a staff of six or seven feet. George Silver, a great fan of the bill recommended that the overall length should be from the ground to two fist grips beyond one's upper reach, making it 7 feet or so.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bill (weapon)."
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Bill GatesWilliam Henry Gates, III (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is the co-founder (together with Paul Allen) and Chairman of Microsoft Corporation. According to Forbes magazine, he is the wealthiest man in the world.
Biography
Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. His parents were William Henry Gates, Jr, a corporate lawyer, and Mary Maxwell, board member of First Interstate Bank, Pacific Northwest Bell and the national board of United Way. Bill went to Lakeside, Seattle's most exclusive prep school, and later on went to study at Harvard University, but dropped out without graduating.
While he was a student at Harvard, he co-authored with Paul Allen the original Altair BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 in the mid 1970s. The Altair was the first commercially successful personal computer. Inspired by BASIC, an easy-to-learn programming language developed at Dartmouth College for teaching purposes, Gates' and Allen's version of BASIC later became Microsoft BASIC, the primary interpreted computer language of the MS-DOS operating system, which was the key to Microsoft's early commercial success. Microsoft Basic became Microsoft QuickBasic. When released without a compiler it is known as QBasic. QuickBasic evolved into Visual Basic, versions of which are still popular today.
In the early 1970s, Gates wrote the Open Letter to Hobbyists, which shocked the computer hobbyist community by insisting that a commercial market existed for computer software and that such software should not be freely copied without the publisher's permission. At the time, the community was strongly influenced by its ham radio legacy and the related Hacker ethic, which insist that innovations and knowledge should be freely shared in the community. Gates went on to co-found Microsoft Corporation, one of the world's most successful commercial enterprises, and led the way toward the emergence of the commercial software industry.
Aged 21, police photo for a minor traffic violation. Microsoft used this photo in a German advertisement with the slogan "Good that there are no speed limits for software"Gates went on to establish a debatably unsavory reputation for his business practices. A case in point concerns the origins of MS-DOS. In the late 1970s, IBM was planning to enter the personal computer market in with its IBM Personal Computer (PC), which was released in 1981. IBM needed an operating system for its new computer, which was based on the newly developed, 16-bit architecture of the Intel x86 processor family. After briefly negotiating with another company (the Digital Research Corporation in California), IBM approached Microsoft. Without revealing their ties with IBM, Microsoft executives in turn approached Seattle Computer, which had developed an x86-based operating system, and purchased the operating system for a reported sum of $50,000. (In Microsoft's defense, they may have been under agreement not to discuss their talks with IBM, so they really couldn't have revealed their ties.) Microsoft subsequently licensed the operating system to IBM (which released it under the PC-DOS name) and worked with computer manufacturers to include its own version, called MS-DOS, with every computer system sold. Spectacularly successful, this deal was challenged in court by Seattle Computer on the grounds that Microsoft had concealed its relationship with IBM in order to purchase the operating system cheaply; subsequently, there was a settlement, but no admission of duplicity or guilt. Gates' reputation was further sullied by a series of major antitrust actions brought both by the U.S. Department of Justice and individual companies against Microsoft in the late 1990s.
In the mid-1980s Gates became excited about the possibilities of compact disc for storage, and sponsored the publication of the book CD-ROM: The New Papyrus that promoted the idea of CD-ROM.
It is incontestable that Gates has played hardball in the software industry. It has also been established in a court of law, and unanimously affirmed on appeal by a pro-business appellate court, that his company, under his leadership, repeatedly and egregiously engaged in business practices that violated U.S. laws.
In 2000, Gates promoted long-time friend and Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer to the role of Chief Executive Officer and took on the role of "Chief Software Architect".
On the personal side, Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. They have three children, Jennifer Katharine Gates (1996), Rory John Gates (1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (2002).
Along with his wife, Gates has also founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a charitable organization. Critics have called this a response to negative public outcry over the seemingly monopolistic and anti-competitive practices of his company. To put this matter into perspective, it is worth remembering that these charitable contributions—whatever their motive—have provided sorely needed funds for underrepresented minority college scholarships, AIDS prevention, and other causes, many focusing on issues often ignored by the charitable community, such as diseases that strike mainly in the third world.
In 1994, he acquired the Codex Leicester, a collection of writings by Leonardo da Vinci; as of 2003 it was on display at the Seattle Art Museum.
Estimated wealth
According to Forbes list of the World's Wealthiest People:Source: [1]
- 1996 - $18.5 billion, ranked #1
- 1997 - $36.4 billion, ranked #2
- 1998 - $51.0 billion, ranked #1
- 1999 - $90.0 billion, ranked #1
- 2000 - $60.0 billion, ranked #1
- 2001 - $58.7 billion, ranked #1
- 2002 - $52.8 billion, ranked #1
- 2003 - $40.7 billion, ranked #1
Awards
- Top 100 influential people in media, the Guardian, 2001
- Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans and World's richest people list, Ranked 1st: 2000, 2001
- The Sunday Times power list, 1999
- Upside Elite 100, Ranked 2nd, 1999
- Top 50 Cyber Elite, TIME Magazine, Ranked 1st, 1998
- Top 100 most powerful people in sports, Sporting News, 1997
- CEO of the year, Chief Executive Officers magazine, 1994
- Entomologists have named the Bill Gates flower fly, Eristalis gatesi, in his honor, see http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/syrphid/gates.htm
Publications
- Business @ The Speed of Thought (1999)
- The Road Ahead (1996)
Bill Gates in film
- AntiTrust (2001), a film about a programmer in a fictional software company. Tim Robbins plays Gary Winston, the corporate head, whose characteristics are believed by some to be derived from Bill Gates.
- Nothing So Strange (2002), a film about a fictional assassination of Bill Gates in 1999.
- South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999), an animated Bill Gates is shot by an army general when he blames the appearance of Saddam Hussein in a holograph on bugs in Windows 98.
External links
- Wikiquote - Quotes by Bill Gates
- Bill Gates' home page
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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In the book The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein, Bill was a pony bought by Frodo Baggins and his companions in Bree, as they fled the Shire on their way to Rivendell. This was necessary as their own ponies had been stolen from the stables of the Prancing Pony inn, where they spent the night. Bill was purchased from Bill Ferny, who was in league with the spies who stole the other ponies. Ferny was a cruel man who tormented Bill, but after being purchased by the hobbits Bill became a much happier pony. He was given the name 'Bill' by Sam Gamgee shortly after the party left Bree.After arriving in Rivendell, Bill became acquainted with other ponies, and this influence resulted in a good deal of self-improvement. He left Rivendell a much wiser pony, not to mention healthier and happier.
He accompanied the Fellowship of the Ring from Rivendell to the doors of Moria, but had to be left behind there because the company could not take a pony through the mines of Moria. But being a wise pony by this point, he managed to survive on his own and travelled back to Bree, where he eventually hooked up again with Sam on his return trip.
See also Middle-earth
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A fictional character in the Harry Potter series, Bill Weasley is the brother of Ron (Harry's best friend), Ginny, Percy, Fred, George, Charlie, son of Molly and Arthur.Bill works for Gringotts Bank in Egypt as a curse breaker, though he returns to Britain in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to work for the Order of the Phoenix. He may be dating Fleur Delacour.
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The mouth is the opening through which an animal takes in food. It is usually located in the head, but not always; the mouth of a planaria is in the middle of its belly.Most animals have a complete digestive system, with a mouth at one end and an anus at the other. Which end forms first in ontogeny is a criterion used to classify animals into protostome and deuterostome.
Some animals, such as the cnidarians and the planaria, have no anus. They expel waste through the mouth, or as do brachiopods, which have very efficient digestive systems, roll it around in the stomach until it's finished.
Some animals, such as the tapeworm, don't even have a mouth. The tapeworm lives inside the digestive system, so it doesn't need its own digestive system.
In many animals, the mouth has mouthparts to chew food, hold food, or inject poison. In arthropods, they are external modified legs; in gnathostome vertebrates, they are internal.
The horny structures covering the mouth of a bird compose its beak or bill.
Plain lips (larger) The human mouth is covered by an upper and lower lip. They play an important role in talking, facial expression, kissing, drinking (especially with a straw), oral sex, smoking. Infants are born with a sucking reflex, by which they instinctively know to suck for nourishment using their lips and jaw. Lips are often adorned with lipstick or lip gloss.
According to etiquette the mouth is kept closed during chewing.
See also Tongue, Teeth, Lip piercing.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mouth."
Synonyms: BillSynonyms: account (n), bank bill (n), bank note (n), banker's bill (n), banknote (n), beak (n), billhook (n), broadsheet (n), broadside (n), card (n), circular (n), eyeshade (n), flier (n), flyer (n), government note (n), greenback (n), handbill (n), invoice (n), measure (n), neb (n), nib (n), note (n), notice (n), peak (n), pecker (n), placard (n), poster (n), posting (n), throwaway (n), visor (n), vizor (n), charge (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | Noun: accounts, accompts; commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic; statistics; (numeration); money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account. |
Arms | Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. |
Book | Paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream |
Indication | Badge, criterion; countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib; totem; tessera, card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher; trade mark, Hall mark. |
Lawsuit | Pleadings; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter, surrejoinder. |
List | Account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte; score, census, statistics, returns. |
Money | Paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat; blueback, hundi, shinplaster. |
Plan | Forecast, program(me), prospectus; carte du pays; card; bill, protocol; order of the day, list of agenda; bill of fare; (food); base of operations; platform, plank, slate, ticket. |
Publication | Circular, circular letter; manifesto, advertisement, ad., placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster; notice. |
Security | Promissory note; bill, bill of exchange; I.O.U.; personal security, covenant, specialty; parole; (promise). |
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Screenplays | Please tell me that their lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes on a phone bill. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) I will put it on the Underhills' bill. (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman. Based on the novel by Gregory McDonald.) Tell him if he doesn't sign the bill lowering the cable rates, we will release the video of him with the cheerleader in the Chicago motel room (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Three dimes, a hundred dollar bill and 87 ones (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross; Anne Spielberg) Would sir care to pay for his bill in advance (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) | |
Lyrics | He says Bill, I believe this is killing me ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel) And then when the bill comes ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child) She'll never sell out, she never will, not for a dollar bill. ("She Works Hard for the Money"; performing artist: Donna Summer) With a five dollar bill (Father Of Mine; performing artist: Everclear) Pay my light bill (There It Is; performing artist: Ginuwine) | |
Clever | Farmer Bill Dies in House (references; author: unknown) There is a pill for every ill, and a bill for every pill. (references; author: unknown) Any man who laughs at women's clothes has never paid the bill for them. (references; author: unknown) All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. (references; author: unknown) On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wild Bill (2002) Pay Your Buffalo Bill (1973) Bill and Tony (1972) The New Bill Cosby Show (1972) Bill Cosby on Prejudice (1971) | |
Song Titles | My Girl Bill (performing artist: Jim Stafford) Don't Mess With Bill (performing artist: The Marvelettes) Ten Dollar Bill (performing artist: Under Suspicion) | |
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 | Shown is page 2 of the newspaper Washington Post on August 6, 1937 just after President Roosevelt signed a bill to authorize the erection of the National Cancer Institute, with Dr. Carl Voegtlin as the Chief. Shown are photos of Drs. Carl Voegtlin, R. H. Fitch, Herbert Kaher and Thomas Parran (Surgeon General). Shown is "'Conquer Cancer' Adopted as Battle Cry of the Public Health Service.". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Helicopter transport for scientists during seal tagging operations A not pleased bearded seal pup - Erignathus barbatus - restrained for tagging. Lieutenant Commander Bill Turnbull on left, Budd Christman on right. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | William M. Scaife Ready to cross Twin Glacier Bill Scaife with rope. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Bill Scaife leading his wife into Alaska Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The engineers who built the Marble Point landing strip - the first ground strip in Antartica. Back row - Bill McTigue, Navy Hydro Office; Commander Stephens, USN; __; Dr. Bob Nichols, Tufts University; front row - ___; Father Linehan, Wesson Observatory; ___. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Bill McTigue at a Marble Point surveying control station for helping in construction of air strip. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Lieutenant Bill Harrigan flying Bell 206 during Icy Bay current studies. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Bill High, former HYDROLAB aquanaut and NMFS scientist. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | 2nd Engineer Bill Ness at work in the RAINIER's engine room. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Gen. Ed Eberhart, Air Force Space Command commander, speaks during the Buckley Air Force Base activation ceremony Oct. 2, as Colorado Gov. Bill Owens (left) and Secretary of the Air Force F. Whitten Peters look on. (P.; photo by Lynn Gonzales).. |
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| "Bill cosby" by Sara Hoffman Commentary: "Bill cosby live! and down the street b.b.king." | "Crane's bill" by Per Hardestam Commentary: "Crane´s bill , a typical Swedish flower around midsummer." |
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 | A single paper bill being torn in half. |
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Bill Blass | When in doubt, wear red. |
Bill Copeland | After all is said and done, sit down. |
Bill Cosby | It's more blessed to give than to receive -- especially kittens. |
| There's no labor a man can do that's undignified -- if he does it right. | |
| Fatherhood is pretending the present you love the most is the soap-on-the-rope. | |
Bill Gates | 640K ought to be enough for anybody. |
Bill Hicks | I don't do drugs any more...than the average touring funk band. |
| Cause you know, if you play New Kids on the Block albums backwards, they sound better. | |
Bill Vaughan | Everything is much simpler today -- instead of solving a problem, you just subsidize it. |
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US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment VIII. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | The constitution declares that "no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Thus the ten-hours' bill in England was carried. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | For the purpose of providing documents of title for the ships and boats to be handed over as above mentioned, the German Government will: (a) Deliver to the Reparation Commission in respect of each vessel a bill of sale or other document of title evidencing the transfer to the Commission of the entire property in the vessel free from all encumbrances, charges and liens of all kinds, as the Commission may require; (b) Take all measures that may be indicated by the Reparation Commission for ensuring that the ships themselves shall be placed at its disposal. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | But we must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of the English-speaking world and which through Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, and the English common law find their most famous expression in the American Declaration of Independence. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | THE RABBIT SENDS IN A LITTLE BILL. |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | Since the Electricity Board cut him off without fail every time he paid his bill, it seemed only reasonable that they should leave him connected when he didn't |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was the accent of Castlereagh drawing up for the Congress of Vienna the bill which France was to pay. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Every day he drew up a bill of fare for the family and every night led a party of three or four to the theatre to see Ingomar or The Lady of Lyons |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Big Bill grasped his cup around the top so that the spoon stuck up between his first and second fingers |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I remember a thrush had the confidence to snatch out of my hand with his bill a piece of cake that Glumdalclitch had just given me for my breakfast |
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Health | You should receive your Medicare premium bill in the mail by the 10th of the month. (references) | |
A free copy of the Patient's Bill of Rights is available from the American Hospital Association. (references) | ||
Click on "Resource Center," go to "Search" at bottom of page, and then type in "Patient's Bill of Rights." (references) | ||
Business | This can be the regular documentation used to bill any customer. (references) | |
Under this arrangement, the foreign firm can book and bill media in Vietnam. (references) | ||
To address solid waste issues, the Moroccan Government drafted a bill on solid waste management. (references) | ||
Children | Kenya | A bill to address problems faced by persons with disabilities was pending before Parliament at year's end. (references) |
Cameroon | In 2000 the National Assembly passed a budget bill that increased spending on national education by 49 percent. (references) | |
Austria | On January 1, an omnibus bill on child custody went into effect that prohibits the sterilization of minors, particularly mentally handicapped girls below the age of 18. Those 18 and older only may be sterilized in life-threatening instances. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | Such a bill also has been proposed at the highest level of the Government. (references) |
Iran | Despite some strongly worded objections from members, the bill was withdrawn. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Final action on the draft bill was deferred pending a review and comment from the Council of Europe. (references) | |
Economic History | South Africa | Final details on the bill are still being negotiated. (references) |
Sri Lanka | The import bill also included the cost of three aircraft. (references) | |
Honduras | A bill regulating capital markets was recently passed in Congress. (references) | |
Human Rights | Czech Republic | On December 19, the President signed the bill into law. (references) |
India | In Madhya Pradesh such a bill, designed to combat the Naxalites, was pass early in 2000, was not enacted because it failed to receive Presidential signature. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | A draft bill to create a national public defender program remained in Congress; however, President Mejia established a national public defender system by decree. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Mexico | On August 15, the bill became law. (references) |
Mexico | On April 30, Chiapas governor Pablo Salazar also rejected the bill. (references) | |
Mexico | The EZLN opposed the revised bill's subjection of indigenous rights and autonomy to existing federal, state, and municipal laws and jurisdictions, provisions that were not contained in the original COCOPA bill. (references) | |
Minorities | South Africa | The Constitution and Bill of Rights prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic or social origin, or culture. (references) |
Japan | In March 1999, the Osaka Prefectural Assembly passed a measure granting permanent residents local suffrage, becoming the third prefecture to pass such a bill. (references) | |
Austria | In July 2000, the Government passed a comprehensive prominority rights bill providing expanded constitutional protections for the country's six officially recognized minorities. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDIA | A draft Patents Bill is pending with a joint parliamentary committee. (references) |
GUATEMALA | The same bill legalized the dollar and other currencies for most real transactions. (references) | |
COLOMBIA | During 2000, the Colombian government submitted to Congress a bill reforming Law 80. (references) | |
Political Rights | Djibouti | The amnesty bill was pending approval before the National Assembly at year's end. (references) |
Liechtenstein | If approved by Parliament, the bill then would be presented to voters in a referendum. (references) | |
Papua New Guinea | A coalition government, led by Prime Minister Bill Skate, was formed following the election. (references) | |
Trade | El Salvador | C. Bill of lading, airway bill or carta de porte. (references) |
France | Either a straight or negotiable bill of landing is acceptable. (references) | |
Eritrea | The customs office values items based upon the original bill of sale. (references) | |
Travel | Taiwan | It is, however, relatively common to leave the change when a bill is paid. (references) |
Ghana | The average electricity bill for an Embassy house is approximately USD 500 per month. (references) | |
Singapore | Restaurants automatically add a 10% service charge and a 3.0% goods and services tax to the bill. (references) | |
Women | Grenada | In May Parliament enacted a bill aimed at combating domestic violence. (references) |
Malaysia | Four states extended the provisions of the amended bill to Muslim mothers. (references) | |
India | CEDAW noted with approval a bill reserving certain political offices for women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Zimbabwe | The parliamentary legal committee issued an adverse report on the bill, calling many of its provisions unconstitutional. (references) |
Russia | The International Confederation of Trade Unions (ICFTU) contends that the total bill of wage arrears was more than $15 billion. (references) | |
Ireland | The Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Bill criminalizes the activities of persons trafficking in illegal immigrants and asylum seekers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ENVELOPE, n. The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Mr. Chairman, we're going to have to take a break now, but we will be back in just a minute to talk to Bill Thomas about Social Security and unemployment compensation, and possible tax reform. |
Ann Richards | Yeah. Well, that sounds like a lot of politics to me, you know. I tell you what, if Bill Clinton had done that, they would have crucified him. But I wouldn't be surprised if Bush is able to get away with it. |
Gennifer Flowers | Well, I do not personally know Bill as someone that would sexually harass. He never sexually harassed me. |
Robert Novak | As a Senate-House conference committee agreed on the final version of the bill, the market rallied sharply on Wednesday. |
Rush Limbaugh | America has made Oprah and Bill Cosby historically successful, yet we're the ones said to be racist. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Our hope is that neither of the former will, after due consideration, espouse the dangerous principle of the Bill. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | To this end a bill was immediately introduced into the Chamber of Deputies proposing to make the appropriations necessary to carry into effect the treaty. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We hope to make the Potomac a model of beauty here in the Capital, and preserve unspoiled stretches of some of our waterways with a Wild Rivers bill. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | For decades, we have been voting ever-increasing levels of Government benefits, and now the bill has come due. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The bill also phases out most of the old law's immunity for setting rates. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Most of you in this Chamber didn't know what was in this catch-all bill and report. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Bill for American workers. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Bill" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 54.18% of the time. "Bill" is used about 10,235 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 54.18% | 5,545 | 1,775 |
| Noun (proper) | 45.77% | 4,685 | 2,092 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.05% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10,235 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bill" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bill | First name Male | 112,000 | 159 |
| Bill | Last name | 2,000 | 6,281 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Bill" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a will", "a desire", "a helmet", "a protection". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Bill." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Gwilherm | Male | Breton | William |
| Guillem | Male | Catalan | William |
| Vilem | Male | Czech | William |
| Willem | Male | Dutch | William |
| Bill | Male | English | William |
| Billie | Male, Female | English | William |
| Billy | Male | English | William |
| Wilkie | Male | English | William |
| Will | Male | English | William |
| Willa | Female | English | William |
| William | Male | English | N/A |
| Willie | Male, Female | English | William |
| Willis | Male | English | William |
| Willy | Male | English | William |
| Wilmot | Male | English | William |
| Wilson | Male | English | William |
| Vilchjo | Male | Esperanto | William |
| Vilhelmo | Male | Esperanto | William |
| Vilhelmi | Male | Finnish | William |
| Vilhelmiina | Female | Finnish | William |
| Viljami | Male | Finnish | William |
| Ville | Male | Finnish | William |
| Guillaume | Male | French | William |
| Wilhelm | Male | German | William |
| Wilhelmina | Female | German | William |
| Vilhelm | Male | Hungarian | William |
| Vili | Male | Hungarian | William |
| Vilmos | Male | Hungarian | William |
| Vilhjálmur | Male | Icelandic | William |
| Liam | Male | Irish | William |
| Uilliam | Male | Irish | William |
| Guglielmo | Male | Italian | William |
| Velvel | Male | Jewish | William |
| Vilhelms | Male | Latvian | William |
| Wiremu | Male | Maori | William |
| Guilherme | Male | Portuguese | William |
| Vilhelm | Male | Scandinavian | William |
| Uilleam | Male | Scottish | William |
| Viljem | Male | Slovene | William |
| Guillermo | Male | Spanish | William |
| Gwil | Male | Welsh | William |
| Gwilim | Male | Welsh | William |
| Gwillym | Male | Welsh | William |
| Gwilym | Male | Welsh | William |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "bill": "en pension" bill transaction ♦ A bill of adventure ♦ A clean bill of health ♦ a five dollar bill ♦ A true bill ♦ Acceptance of a bill of exchange ♦ accommodation bill ♦ action on a bill ♦ additional bill ♦ anchor bill ♦ appropriation bill ♦ back a bill ♦ backed bill |
