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How to spell bill

Bill is spelled B-I-L-L. The part people get wrong: double L.

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What it means: The hard, pointed mouth part of a bird.

In a sentence: The colorful bird has a long bill.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l.

Same family: bills, billable, billing, billholder, bill-writing. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: In the legal sense, "bill" comes from Medieval Latin "bulla," meaning an official document or seal. Over time in English, it came to mean a written list or document, and then specifically a draft law presented to a legislature.

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