Bill
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To dig, chop, etc., with a bill. To peck. To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness. To advertise by a bill or public notice. To charge; to send a bill to.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. Somebody armed with a bill; a bill-man. The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle, platypus, or other animal. A beak-like projection, especially a promontory. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.) A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.) A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law. A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. A piece of paper money; a banknote. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. A bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.
Example sentence: A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill, so he gave him another six months.
Account
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To reckon; to compute; to count.To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign. Edward Hyde ClarendonTo value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.To render or receive an account or relation of particularsTo render an account; to answer in judgement.To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explainTo get revenge on.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoningA registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgement thereon.An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgement.Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.A subscription to a service.
Example sentence: The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.