How to pronounce bill

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What bill means

noun

Most people know bill in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

A bird's beak

In a sentence: The duck dipped its flat bill into the pond to look for snails.

Where it comes from: This bill comes from the Old English word bile, meaning a bird's beak, and no one knows where that word came from. It is a different word from the bill that tells you what you owe.

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