Bill vs Slip - What's the difference?
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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.
* (rfdate), (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons .
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.
The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal.
* 1595', The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny '''bill , The throstle with his note so true, The wren with little quill... — William Shakespeare, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act III, Scene I, line 125.
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A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
(obsolete) To peck.
To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.
* 1599 , As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.
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.
* 1600', Why, I'll exhibit a '''bill in the parliament for the putting down of men. — William Shakespeare, ''The Merry Wives of Windsor , Act II, Scene I, line 28.
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(obsolete, legal) 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.
(US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
* 1830', Anon, ''The Galaxy of Wit: Or, Laughing Philosopher, Being a Collection of Choice Anecdotes, Many of Which Originated in or about "The Literary Emporium"'' — He gave the change for a three dollar '''bill'''. Upon examination, the ' bill proved to be counterfeit.
A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
* 1607', My lord, here is my '''bill . — William Shakespeare, ''Timon of Athens , Act III, Scene IV, line 85.
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.
* 1595', In the meantime I will draw a '''bill of properties, such as our play wants. — William Shakespeare, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act I, Scene II, line 104.
* She put up the bill in her parlor window. — Dickens.
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.
* 1600 , Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, Master Parson; who writes himself Armigero, in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. — William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor , Act I, Scene I, line 8.
(obsolete) Mud, slime.
(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
A twig or shoot; a cutting.
(obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
* Shakespeare
A young person (now usually with (of) introducing descriptive qualifier).
A long, thin piece of something.
* Tennyson
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
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To err.
* Bible, Eccl. xix. 16
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out'', ''off , etc.
To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly.
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
* Arbuthnot
To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
* Prior
* Dryden
* 1883 ,
(figuratively) To move down; to slide.
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(falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
* Shakespeare
(cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
(obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
* Ben Jonson
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
* Mortimer
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
An act or instance of slipping.
A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress; a shift.
A mistake or error.
* Fuller
(nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
(nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
(medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
(cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
* Sir S. Baker
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
(printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
(dated) A child's pinafore.
An outside covering or case.
(obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
A particular quantity of yarn.
(UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
(US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
(mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
A fish, the sole.
As nouns the difference between bill and slip
is that bill is car (motorcar, automobile) while slip is briefs ; panties.bill
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- France had no infantry that dared to face the English bows and bills .
- In the British Museum there is an entry of a warrant, granted to Nicholas Spicer, authorising him to impress smiths for making two thousand Welch bills or glaives.
- (Strype)
Synonyms
* (weapon) polearm * (cutting instrument) billhook, hand bill, hedge bill * (somebody armed with a bill) billmanDerived terms
* brown-billEtymology 2
(etyl) (m), of unknown origin.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (beak of a bird) beak, neb, nib, peckerDerived terms
* duckbillVerb
(en verb)Etymology 3
(etyl) . Compare bull.Noun
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Synonyms
* (account of goods) account, invoice * (written or printed advertisement posted or otherwise distributed) broadsheet, broadside, card,circular, flier, flyer, handbill, poster, posting, placard, notice, throwaway * (draft of a law) measure * (writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day) bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, noteDerived terms
* bill of adventure * bill of costs * bill of credit * bill of divorce * bill of entry * bill of exceptions * bill of exchange * bill of fare * bill of goods * bill of health * bill of indictment * bill of lading * bill of mortality * bill of pains and penalties * bill of parcels * bill of particulars * bill of rights * bill of sale * bill of sight * bill of store * bill of sufferance * bills payable * bills receivable * * Treasury bill * T-bill * true billSee also
* (l)Synonyms
* (to advertise by a bill) placard * (to charge) chargeEtymology 4
slip
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) slype, of uncertain origin.Noun
(-)Etymology 2
Probably from (etyl) slippe or (etyl) slippe. Compare Dutch slip, German Schlippe.Noun
(en noun)- a slip from a vine
- a native slip to us from foreign seeds
- She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
- moonlit slips of silver cloud
Derived terms
* pink slip * sales slipEtymology 3
Apparently from (etyl) slippen (Dutch slippen, German ).Verb
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- There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
- A bone may slip out of place.
- She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
- He tried to slip a powder into her drink.
- Some errors slipped into the appendix.
- Thus one tradesman slips away, / To give his partner fairer play.
- Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
- We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift
- Profits have slipped over the past six months.
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- Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.
- And slip no advantage / That may secure you.
- to slip a piece of cloth or paper
- The branches also may be slipped and planted.
- A horse slips''' his bridle; a dog '''slips his collar.
Noun
(en noun)- I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
- a slip of the tongue
- This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.
- We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips , in search of deer.
- He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.
- (Shakespeare)
- a pillow slip
- the slip or sheath of a sword
- (Shakespeare)
- (Knight)