Synonyms for billet
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bil-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪl ɪt |
Définition of billet
Origin :- 1590s, "to assign quarters to," earlier, as a noun, "official record or register" (Middle English), from Anglo-French billette "list, schedule," diminutive of bille (see bill (n.1)). Related: Billeted; billeting.
- noun housing
- In support of his deposition he produced his billet de garde, dated the 8th.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Yes—Mademoiselle had charged her to remit the billet to Monsieur.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- I smiled, I believe rather sarcastically, and opened the billet.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- This obliged the Chevalier to write him a billet, which was rather laconic.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete » by Anthony Hamilton
- He was delighted to have my billet, and embracing me, he thanked me a thousand times.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- Remember I was twenty, and it was my first second mate's billet, and the East was waiting for me.
- Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad
- "I'm the person," said the Doctor, taking the billet and breaking the seal.
- Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
- While we were still in England he and I used to share a billet.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 » by Various
- From the beginning it had been battle-ground and billet of both armies a dozen times.
- Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
- You can billet me any old place—I don't care where you put me.
- Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
Words or expressions associated with your search
- bill of exchange
- bill of goods
- bill of lading
- billet
- billet doux
- billhook
- billing
- billingsgate
- billow
- bills
- billy
- billy club
- billyclub
- dishabille
- due bill
- fill the bill
- foot the bill
- handbill
- hillbilly music
- in dishabille
- paid one's bill
- paid ones bill
- paid the bill
- pay bill
- pay one's bill
- pay ones bill
- pay the bill
- payed ones bill
- paying bill
- paying one's bill
- paying the bill
- pays bill
- pays one's bill
- pays the bill
- ran a bill
- ran bill
- ran up a bill
- ran up bill
- three-dollar bill
- unpaid bill
- waybill
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