billet
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/ˈbɪlɪt/
English
Definitions
noun
- A short informal letter.
- A written order to quarter soldiers.
noun
- A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
- An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
- Berth; position.
verb
- (of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
- (of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
- To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
noun
- A semi-finished length of metal.
- A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
- A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
- A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
noun
- An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish.