(historical) A list of necessary stores shipped from the bonded warehouse, or for drawback on board vessels proceeding on oversea voyages.

(law, historical) In the English Court of Chancery, prior to the Judicature Act of 1873, the formal statement of the facts and prayer for relief submitted by a plaintiff to the court.

plural of top billing

(idiomatic, military) death toll

(historical) Alternative form of brown-bill

A customs document warranting the captain of an outward-bound vessel to ship bonded stores for the voyage.

Having a long bill

The practice of charging for work done based on some measurement of the quality or success of the work (as in law or public relations), rather than according to a set fee.

(finance) A bill issued at the Exchequer, under the authority of acts of parliament, as security for money advanced to the government.

Alternative form of handbill.