Synonyms for billet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bil-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪl ɪt

Définition of billet

Origin : 1590s, "to assign quarters to," earlier, as a noun, "official record or register" (Middle English), from Anglo-French billette "list, schedule," diminutive of bille (see bill (n.1)). Related: Billeted; billeting.

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Example sentences :

In support of his deposition he produced his billet de garde, dated the 8th.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Yes—Mademoiselle had charged her to remit the billet to Monsieur.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

I smiled, I believe rather sarcastically, and opened the billet.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

This obliged the Chevalier to write him a billet, which was rather laconic.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete » by Anthony Hamilton

He was delighted to have my billet, and embracing me, he thanked me a thousand times.
Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet

Remember I was twenty, and it was my first second mate's billet, and the East was waiting for me.
Extract from : « Youth » by Joseph Conrad

"I'm the person," said the Doctor, taking the billet and breaking the seal.
Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever

While we were still in England he and I used to share a billet.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 » by Various

From the beginning it had been battle-ground and billet of both armies a dozen times.
Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon

You can billet me any old place—I don't care where you put me.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

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