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billhead

noun

Etymology

From bill + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as billhead — “bill + head”

Definitions

  1. A printed form used by traders in making out bills or rendering accounts, often with…

    A printed form used by traders in making out bills or rendering accounts, often with fancy designs.

    • From the association's secretary each member received a package of more or less gorgeous blanks, printed like a billhead, on handsome paper, properly ruled in columns

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA