Bill vs. Billman — What's the Difference?

An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.

A man who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked axe.

A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.

One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax.

The entertainment offered by a theater.

A public notice, such as an advertising poster.

A piece of legal paper money

(Slang) One hundred dollars.

A bill of exchange.

(Obsolete) A promissory note.

A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.

The law enacted from such a draft

A document containing the formal statement of a case in equity; a complaint seeking equitable relief.

An indictment or charge in an indictment against an accused person.

A structure projecting from the head of a bird, consisting of the jaws and their horny covering and including the upper and lower mandibles; a beak.

A similar horny mouth part, such as that of a turtle.

The visor of a cap.

(Nautical)The tip of the fluke of an anchor.

A billhook.

A halberd or similar weapon with a hooked blade and a long handle.

To present a statement of costs or charges to.

To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.

To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.

To declare or describe officially; proclaim

To touch beaks together.

Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

A pickaxe, or mattock.

(nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).

The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

A piece of paper money; a banknote.

One hundred dollars.

A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods

A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document; a bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.

A set of items presented together.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

(obsolete) to peck

To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; - used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill.

A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff.

One who wields a bill; a billman.

A pickax, or mattock.

The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document.

A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.

An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.

Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc.

To strike; to peck.

To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness.

To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.

To advertise by a bill or public notice.

To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods.

A statute in draft before it becomes law;

An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);

The entertainment offered at a public presentation

A list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare)

An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution;

Horny projecting mouth of a bird

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement;

A long-handled saw with a curved blade;

A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes;

Demand payment;

Advertise especially by posters or placards;

Publicize or announce by placards