bigoted, adj. intolerant, illiberal, close-minded, closed, narrow-minded, narrow; prejudiced, biased, warped, twisted, jaundiced, partial, one-sided; sexist, chauvinistic, jingoistic, racist, antiblack, anti-Semitic,
bilk, v. 1. default, dishonor, refuse to pay, decline to redeem, SI. welsh; abscond, SI. skip town, Brit. SI. levant, Brit. SI. do a moonlight flit.
2. swindle, cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, gull, Archaic. chouse; stack the deck, Inf. gyp, Si. chisel, SI. gaff; pluck, mulct, victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do, SI. burn.
3. bamboozle, delude, deceive, mislead, hoodwink, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes; cozen, bluff, take in; fool, hoax, humbug, trick, outwit, circumvent, put one over on, Brit. Inf. gammon.
4. frustrate, thwart, balk, defeat, foil, cross.
5. vanish, disappear, do the disappearing act, Inf. make oneself scarce; elude, evade, escape, duck, dodge, give [s.o.] the slip, lose [s.o.], SI. duck and run, SI. dog it, SI. ditch [s.o.], SI. throw [s.o.] off the scent, SI. shake [s.o.] off.
bill1, n. 1. invoice, statement, record, list of expenditures; account, check, tally, score, reckoning, tabulation, Inf. tab; liability, amount due, money spent, expenses, account payable, expenses, fee, charges, Law. cost.
2. note, treasury note, currency, money, paper money, legal tender, tender, greenback, U.S. certificate, U.S. silver certificate, U.S. gold certificate.
3. notice, bulletin, announcement, advertisement, ad, Fr. affiche, Rom. Cath. Ch. encyclical; leaflet, circular, folder, brochure, handbill, handout, dodger, throwaway, U.S. flier; broadside, broadsheet, billboard, poster, placard, card.
4. list, enumeration, particularization, specification, detailing, inventory, compendium; summary, summation, synopsis.
5. program, agenda, playbill; calendar, schedule, timetable, roster, U.S. docket; prospectus, syllabus, plan, outline, sketch, scheme, cadre, framework.
-v. 6. invoice, charge for, send a statement to, put on one's check; total the expenses or cost, tabulate, list or tally expenditures.
7. announce, post, give notice, of; advertise, talk up, put up in lights; offer, present, pass off.
8. schedule, enter [s.t.] in the timetable, put [s.t.] on the calendar or agenda, include in the plan.
bill2, n. beak, nib, neb, pecker,
billet, n. 1. (all in the military) lodging, lodgings, lodging place, lodgment, quarters, living quarters, quarterage, housing, rooms, accommodations; barracks or barrack, cantonment, casern, military quarters, SI. the Q; camp, encampment, bivouac.
2. Military, (all for the provision of quarters) order, ordinance, directive, dictation, direction, command, charge, imperative, requisition, requirement, precept, prescription; notification, notice, instruction, injunction.
3. place, station, post, position; bed, bunk, berth, cot, pallet, SI. sack, Brit. SI. kip; room, chamber, apartment, compartment, cabin, stall, cell, nook.
4. job, employment, employ, living; post, position, office capacity, situation; appointment, commission, charge, assignment.
-v. 5. quarter, provide quarters for, bed, bunk, berth; house, shelter, give shelter to, lodge, provide lodging or lodgings or lodgment for, put up, have as a guest or lodger, roof, provide with a roof.