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7 VERB [usu passive] If someone is billed to appear in a particular show, it has been advertised that they are going to be in it. □ [be V -ed to-inf] She was billed to play the Red Queen in Snow White. ●  bill|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  …their quarrels over star billing.

8 VERB If you bill a person or event as a particular thing, you advertise them in a way that makes people think they have particular qualities or abilities. □ [V n + as ] They bill it as Britain's most exciting museum.

9 N‑COUNT A bird's bill is its beak.

10 → see also Private Member's Bill

11 PHRASE If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill , you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose. □  If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees.

12 PHRASE If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it. □  Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?

bill|board /b I lbɔː ^r d/ (billboards ) N‑COUNT A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.

-billed /-b I ld/ COMB -billed combines with adjectives to indicate that a bird has a beak of a particular kind or appearance. □  …yellow-billed ducks.

bil|let /b I l I t/ (billets , billeting , billeted )

1 VERB [usu passive] If members of the armed forces are billeted in a particular place, that place is provided for them to stay in for a period of time. □ [be V -ed adv/prep] The soldiers were billeted in private homes.

2 N‑COUNT A billet is a house where a member of the armed forces has been billeted.

bill|fold /b I lfoʊld/ (billfolds ) N‑COUNT A billfold is a small flat folded case, usually made of leather or plastic, where you can keep banknotes and credit cards. [AM ] in BRIT, use wallet

bil|liards /b I liə ^r dz/ The form billiard is used as a modifier. 1 N‑UNCOUNT Billiards is a game played on a large table, in which you use a long stick called a cue to hit balls against each other or into pockets around the sides of the table. [BRIT ] in AM, use pocket billiards , pool 2 N‑UNCOUNT Billiards is a game played on a large table, in which you use a long stick called a cue to hit balls against each other or against the walls around the sides of the table. [AM ]

bil|lion ◆◆◆ /b I ljən/ (billions ) The plural form is billion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as 'several' or 'a few'. 1 NUM A billion is a thousand million. □  …3 billion dollars. □  This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region.

2 QUANT If you talk about billions of people or things, you mean that there is a very large number of them but you do not know or do not want to say exactly how many. □ [+ of ] Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years. □ [+ of ] He urged U.S. executives to invest billions of dollars in his country. ● PRON You can also use billions as a pronoun. □  He thought that it must be worth billions.

bil|lion|aire /b I ljəneə ^r / (billionaires ) N‑COUNT A billionaire is an extremely rich person who has money or property worth at least a thousand million pounds or dollars.

bil|lionth /b I ljənθ/ (billionths )

1 ORD The billionth item in a series is the one you count as number one billion. □  Disney will claim its one billionth visitor before the end of the century.

2 FRACTION A billionth is one of a billion equal parts of something. □  …a billionth of a second.

bi ll of fa re (bills of fare ) N‑COUNT The bill of fare at a restaurant is a list of the food for a meal from which you may choose what you want to eat. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

Bi ll of Ri ghts N‑SING A Bill of Rights is a written list of citizens' rights which is usually part of the constitution of a country.

bil|low /b I loʊ/ (billows , billowing , billowed )