(Britain) A cheque or similar financial instrument whose payment has been refused.

plural of bill-hook

(manufacturing, design engineering) A list of materials and components used in a manufactured item, sometimes appended to an engineering diagram of the item.

A bill issued by a state, on the mere faith and credit of the state, and designed to circulate as money.

A form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination.

A license granted at the customhouse to merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are necessary for a voyage, custom free.

A statement of the items which form the total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.

(law, finance) A formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels.

(old-fashioned) A written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a banquet, or of the dishes (with prices listed) that may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.

(plural only) The outstanding unpaid notes or acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.