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Billet

see synonyms of billet

Noun

1. billet, line, note, short letter

a short personal letter

Example Sentences:
'drop me a line when you get there'

2. billet

lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

3. berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot

a job in an organization

Example Sentences:
'he occupied a post in the treasury'

Verb

4. billet, canton, quarter

provide housing for (military personnel)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Billet

see synonyms of billet
noun
1. 
accommodation, esp for a soldier, in civilian lodgings
2. 
the official requisition for such lodgings
3. 
a space or berth allocated, esp for slinging a hammock, in a ship
4. informal
a job
5. archaic
a brief letter or document
verb -lets, -leting or -leted
6. (transitive)
to assign a lodging to (a soldier)
7. (transitive) informal
to assign to a post or job
8. 
to lodge or be lodged
noun
1. 
a chunk of wood, esp for fuel
2. metallurgy
a. 
a metal bar of square or circular cross section
b. 
an ingot cast into the shape of a prism
3. architecture
a carved ornament in a moulding, with short cylinders or blocks evenly spaced

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Billet

see synonyms of billet
noun
1.  Obsolete
a brief document or letter
2. 
a written order to provide quarters or lodging for military personnel, as in private buildings
3. 
a. 
the quarters thus assigned or occupied
b. 
the sleeping place assigned to a sailor on ship
4. 
a position, job, or situation
verb transitive
5. 
to assign to lodging by billet
6. 
to assign to a post
7. 
to serve a billet on
verb intransitive
8. 
to be billeted or quartered
noun
1. 
a. 
a short, thick piece of firewood
b.  Obsolete
a wooden club
2. 
a. 
a long, rectangular or cylindrical unfinished bar of iron or steel, usually smaller than c. 232 sq cm (c. 36 sq in) in cross section
b. 
a similar, generally smaller, bar made from a nonferrous metal
3.  Architecture
a log-shaped insert in a Norman molding
4.  Saddlery
any of the straps used to fasten the saddletree to the girth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Billet

see synonyms of billet
n.
1.
a. Lodging for troops.
b. A written order directing that such lodging be provided.
2. A position of employment; a job.
3. Archaic A short letter; a note.
v. bil·let·ed, bil·let·ing, bil·lets
v.tr.
1.
a. To lodge (soldiers).
b. To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.
2. To assign lodging to.
v.intr.
To be quartered; lodge.
n.
1. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
2. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used as an ornamental motif on moldings in Norman architecture.
3.
a. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
b. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
4.
a. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
b. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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