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| bil·let [ bíllit ] |
noun (plural bil·lets) |
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1. military accommodations for service people: a private home or a guest house providing temporary accommodations for people in the armed forces
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2. military order to provide accommodations: an official order to a householder to provide temporary accommodations for a member of the armed forces
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3. employment position: a position of employment together with its tasks
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informal
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  an easy billet
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verb (past and past participle bil·let·ed, present participle bil·let·ing, 3rd person present singular bil·lets) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb assign soldier to temporary accommodations: to arrange for a member of the armed forces to have temporary accommodations in a particular house, or to have such temporary accommodations somewhere
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2. transitive verb provide temporary accommodations for soldier: to provide temporary accommodations for a member of the armed forces
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| [15th century. < Anglo-Norman bilette "written orders" < variant of Old French bulle (see bull2)] |
