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billet /'bilit/ noun,
verb
a noun a place, often in a private
house, where soldiers live temporarily nPIHIt&M'lilir ( )
■ verb [VN +adv./prep.] [usually passive] to send
soldiers to live somewhere temporarily, especially in private houses during a
war ( gflPA ) iK&Wi&lf ( )
billet-doux /,bilei 'du:/ noun {pi. billets-doux /.bilei'duiz/) •(from French,
humorous or literary) a love
letter 'If 45 bill-fold /'bilfauld; NAmE -fould/ noun {NAmE) - wallet(I)
billhook /'bilhuk/ noun a tool with a
long handle and a curved blade, used for cutting the small branches off trees )
billiards /'biliadz; /V/\m£
'biljardz/ noun [U] a game for two people played with cues
(= long sticks) and three balls on a long
table covered with green cloth. Players try to hit the balls against each other
and into pockets at the edge of the table. £ H : a game of
billiards — —compare pool
n.{6), snooker
► billiard
adj. [only before noun]: a billiard cue billing /'bilir)/ noun 1
[u] the position, especially an important one, that sb is advertised or
described as having in a show, etc. (
to have top/star billing ^ W'£ 'M 2 [U] the act of preparing and sending bills to customers ff J4- flfc Q 3 [C, usually pi.] the total amount of business that a company does
in a particular period of time ^ ik H: billings around $7 million
* 700 Jf billion 0-w /'biljan/ number {plural verb 1 {abbr. bn) 1 000000000;
one thousand million -HZ.; Worldwide
sales reached 2.5 billion.
fij 7 25 {Z, o 0 half a billion dollars HLfLfit
0 They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.).
(Ml# 7ITT?T3 You say a, one, two, several, etc.
billion without a final ‘s’ on ‘billion’. Billions (of ... ) can be used if there is no number or quantity before
it. Always use a plural verb with billion or billions,
except when an amount of money is
mentioned. a, one, two, several, etc. billion H, billion if S0
billions (of • • • ) 0 # If $5, billion ffl billions ft! fi
zjfj ig]: Two
billion (people) worldwide are expected to
watch the game. 20
O Two billion (dollars) was withdrawn
from the account.
P UMT 20 fZ,jn0 There
are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred. ]g
% Wi is] ft! JE hundred is|#r0 2 a billion or billions
{informal) a very large amount -+* \L it; A It: Our immune systems are killing billions of germs right
now. n if] £ £ W& U AC if MmMo
3 {old-fashioned, BrE) 1000000000000; one million million -JjfL EQU trillion
billionaire /.bilja'neaOr); NAmE -'ner/ noun an
extremely rich person, who has at least a thousand million pounds, dollars,
etc. in money or property
bill of 'costs noun {BrE, law ^) a list of
the charges and expenses that sb must pay to a lawyer or to sb who has won a
legal case Q
,bill of ex'change noun {pi. bills of exchange) {business
]§[) a written order to pay a sum of money
to a particular person on a particular date iC*
.bill of 'fare noun {pi. bills of fare) (old-fashioned) a list of the food that can be ordered in a
restaurant ( ft ) saa MENU
bill of lad ing noun {pi. bills of lading) {business jftf) a list giving details of the goods that a
ship, etc. is carrying Hfi'#-
.bill of 'rights noun [sing.] a
written statement of the basic rights of the citizens of a country A$.
.bill of 'sale noun {pi. bills of sale) {business j®j) an official document
showing that sth has been bought ft it
mu-, mu
billow /'bilau; NAmE -lou/ verb,
noun m verb [V] 1 (of a sail, skirt, etc. M ?^) to fill with