Dollar vs Bill - What's the difference?
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Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is .
(by extension) Money generally.
* Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society
Colloquially in the United Kingdom, a quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
* 1990 October 28, (Paul Simon), “Born at the Right Time”, (The Rhythm of the Saints) , Warner Bros.
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(attributive, historical) Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
* 1952 Brigadier Sir Harry Mackeson, House of Commons, London;
* 1956 The Spectator Vol.197 p.342:
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.
As nouns the difference between dollar and bill
is that dollar is official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $ while bill is 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.As a verb bill is
to dig, chop, etc., with a bill.As a proper noun Bill is
a diminutive of the male given name William.dollar
English
Noun
(en noun)- Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies. In 1935, newspapers received 45 percent of the advertising dollar , magazines 8 percent, and radio 7 percent.
- We like to go down to restaurant row / Spend those euro-dollars / All the way from Washington to Tokyo
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Hansard vol 504 col 271, 22 July 1952:
- The restricted purchase of dollar tobacco will, we hope, have the effect of increasing the imports of Turkish and Grecian tobacco
- For there are two luxury imports that lead all the others : dollar' films and ' dollar tobacco.
Coordinate terms
afghani, ariary, baht, balboa, birr, bitcoin, bolivar, boliviano, cedi, colon, cordoba, dalasi, dinar, dirham, dobra, dogecoin, dong, dram, escudo, euro, florin, forint, franc, gourde, guarani, guilder, hryvnia, kina, kip, koruna, krona/kronor/krone, kuna, kwacha, kwanza, kyat, lari, lek, lempira, leone, leu, lev, lilangeni, lira, litas, Litecoin, manat, mark, metical, naira, nakfa, ngultrum, ouguiya, , pataca, peso, pound, pula, quetzal, rand, rial, rial/riyal, riel, ringgit, ruble, rufiyaa, rupee, rupiah, scudo, shekel, shilling, sol, som, somoni, sterling, taka, tala, tenge, togrog, vatu, won, yen, yuan, zlotyDerived terms
* Australian dollar * * BZD * dollar diplomacy * look like a million dollars * petrodollar * the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question * top dollar * US dollarSee also
* cent * dale * mill * mille * vale * valley ----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.
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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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