(government, UK) A parliamentary bill promoted by an organisation such as a local authority or company in order to obtain powers to do something.

plural of bill strap

(Canada, US) Synonym of currency strap

The practice of charging for work done based on some measurement of the quality or success of the work (as in law or public relations), rather than according to a set fee.

(finance) A bill issued at the Exchequer, under the authority of acts of parliament, as security for money advanced to the government.

(nautical) A list of the officers and crew of a ship, as divided into watches, with their various stations.

To pay for something.

Money agreed in settlement of a divorce. / (UK politics) The payment to be given to the EU on the UK's exit of the European Union, estimated at around £39bn.

A customs document warranting the captain of an outward-bound vessel to ship bonded stores for the voyage.

(government, UK) A parliamentary bill that combines the characteristics of a private bill and a public bill.