Bill(s) may refer to:

Common meanings

Banknote A banknote—also called a bill (North American English), paper money, or simply a note—is a type of negotiable instrument, negotiable promissory note, made by a bank or other licensed authority, payable to the bearer on demand. Banknotes w ...

, paper cash (especially in the United States) *

Bill (law) A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature as well as, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an '' ...

, a proposed law put before a legislature *

Invoice An invoice, bill or tab is a commerce, commercial document issued by a sales, seller to a buyer relating to a sale transaction and indicating the product (business), products, quantities, and agreed-upon prices for products or Service (economic ...

, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's

beak The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for eating, preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food ...

Places

Bill, Wyoming Bill is an unincorporated community in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. It is included within the southern-central portion of Thunder Basin National Grassland. History The settlement is rumored to have begun shortly after World War I, ...

, an unincorporated community, United States *

Billstown, Arkansas Billstown (also Bills Town, Bills) is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. Billstown is located on Arkansas Highway 301 near the Little Missouri River. First settled in 1858, Billstown has active timber and some ...

, an unincorporated community, United States *

Billville, Indiana Billville is an unincorporated community in Posey Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Billville is located at , and is a Tractor Supply Company planned community A plann ...

, an unincorporated community, United States

People

Bill (given name) Bill is a masculine given name, generally a short form (hypocorism) of William. It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name Vasilis or Vasileios (Basil), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countr ...

* Bill (surname) *

Bill (footballer, born 1978) Alessandro Faria (born 7 June 1978), known as Bill, is a former footballer who played as a forward. Born and raised in Brazil, he has been naturalized by Togo and played for that national team. Career He was signed by BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden ...

, ''Alessandro Faria'', Togolese football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1984), ''Rosimar Amâncio'', a Brazilian football forward * Bill (footballer, born 1999), ''Fabricio Rodrigues da Silva Ferreira'', a Brazilian forward

Arts, media, and entertainment

Characters

* Bill (''Kill Bill''), a character in the ''Kill Bill'' films * William “Bill“ S. Preston, Esquire, The first of the titular duo of the

Bill & Ted ''Bill & Ted'' is an American science fiction comedy franchise created by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. It features William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan, portrayed by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, respectively, two metalh ...

film series * A lizard in Lewis Carroll's ''

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a ...

'' * A locomotive with a twin called, Ben in ''

The Railway Series ''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Twen ...

'' and ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

'' *

Bill the Cat Bill the Cat, or Bill D. Cat, is a fictional cat appearing in the works of cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, beginning with the comic strip ''Bloom County'' in the 1980s and continuing in '' Outland'' and ''Opus'' in the following decades. Bill also ...

, a ''Bloom County'' character * Bill Cipher, a demon in ''Gravity Falls'' * Bill the Pony and his previous owner Bill Ferny in the novel ''The Lord of the Rings'' * Bill Potts (''Doctor Who''), a female companion of the twelfth Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' *

Bill Sikes William "Bill" Sikes is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. Sikes is a malicious criminal in Fagin's gang, and a vicious robber and murderer. Throughout much of the novel Sikes i ...

, main antagonist from ''Oliver Twist'' *

Mr. Bill Mr. Bill is a clay figurine star of a parody of children's clay animation shows created by Walter Williams in 1974. "The Mr. Bill Show" got its start on ''Saturday Night Live'' as a series of Super 8 films sent in in response to the show's request ...

, a claymation character on ''Saturday Night Live'' * Sour Bill, a character from ''

Wreck-It Ralph ''Wreck-It Ralph'' is a 2012 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 52nd Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Rich Moore (in his feature director ...

'' *Bill Kerman, fictional character in the computer game ''

Kerbal Space Program ''Kerbal Space Program'' (''KSP'') is a space flight simulation video game developed by Mexican developer Squad for Microsoft Windows, macOS macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system de ...

Films

* ''Bill'' (1981 film), a 1981 TV film starring Mickey Rooney ** '' Bill: On His Own'', 1983 sequel to the 1981 film * ''Bill'' (2015 film), an adventure-comedy film about Shakespeare from the cast of ''Horrible Histories'' * ''Bill, the Galactic Hero'' (film), 2014 science student fiction film based on the 1965 Harry Harrison novel * ''

Meet Bill ''Meet Bill'' (formerly known as ''Bill'') is a 2007 American comedy film written and directed by Bernie Goldmann and Melisa Wallack, and stars Aaron Eckhart as the title character, with supporting performances by Logan Lerman, Jessica Alba, Elizab ...

'', a 2007 comedy film formerly known as ''Bill'' * ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'', a long-running British police TV drama series

Music

Albums

* ''Bill'' (Bill Cosby album), 1973 * ''Bill'' (Bill Anderson album), 1973 * ''Bill'' (Tripping Daisy album), 1992

Songs

* "Bill" (song), a song from the 1927 musical ''Show Boat'' * "Bills" (song), a 2015 by LunchMoney Lewis * "

Bills, Bills, Bills "Bills, Bills, Bills" is a song by American group Destiny's Child from their second studio album, ''The Writing's on the Wall'' (1999). It was written by Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland, Kandi Burruss of Xscape, and Kevin "She'k ...

", a 1999 song by Destiny's Child * "Bill", a 1996 song by

Peggy Scott-Adams Peggy Scott-Adams (born Peggy Stoutmeyer, June 25, 1948) is an American blues and R&B singer. She is sometimes known by her former name of Peggy Scott, and billed as "The Little Lady with the Big Voice". Early life and career Peggy Stoutmeyer ...

* "Bills", a 1960 song by

Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as " the King of the Jukebox", he earned his high ...

* "Bills", a 1962 song by

Denny Denson Willie Denson (23 November 1936 in Columbus, Georgia – 1 July 2006) was an American songwriter, most notably for the Shirelles, and a singer under the name Denny Denson. He wrote or co-wrote with Luther Dixon five songs for the Shirelles, i ...

* "The Bills", a 1997 piano composition by

Carter Pann Carter Pann (born February 21, 1972 in La Grange, Illinois) is an American composer. He studied composition and piano at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. His ...

Printed media

* ''

Bill, the Galactic Hero ''Bill, the Galactic Hero'' is a satirical science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison, first published in 1965. A novella length version appeared in the magazine '' Galaxy Science Fiction'' in 1964 under the name "The Starsloggers". ...

'', a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Harry Harrison * ''

Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains ''Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains'' (BtGH:PoBB) is a novel by Harry Harrison and Robert Sheckley, published in 1990. Development PoBB is one of the novels in the ''Bill the Galactic Hero'' series, and the first which w ...

'', a 1990 novel by Harry Harrison and Robert Sheckley * "

Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster" is a sketch story by Australian writer Henry Lawson. The sketch is one of many to include Jack Mitchell the swagman as its main character and narrator. The story concerns a rooster that Mitchell's family once own ...

", an 1898 sketch story by Australian writer Henry Lawson * "The Bill" (short story), a 2013 short story by Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai

Television

, a British police procedural television series * The Bill (''Inside No. 9''), an episode of the British television series ''Inside No. 9.''

Weapons

Bill (weapon) A bill is a class of agricultural implement used for trimming tree limbs, which was often repurposed for use as an infantry polearm. In English, the term 'Italian bill' is applied to the similar roncone or roncola, but the Italian version tended ...

, a weapon similar to a halberd *

BILL Anti-tank guided weapon The RBS 56 BILL is a Swedish manportable SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile developed by AB Bofors. Development began in 1979 and entered production in 1985. The Swedish Army began receiving the missile in March 1988. BILL stands for (Bofors, ...

, a Swedish anti-tank weapon **

BILL 2 Anti-tank guided weapon The RBS 56B BILL 2 Anti-Tank Guided Weapon is a man-portable or vehicle-mounted guided anti-tank missile using the overfly top attack method to attack the weaker parts of an armoured vehicle. BILL is acronym for ''Bofors Infantry Light & Letha ...

, a Swedish anti-tank weapon

Other uses

Bill (United States Congress) In the United States Congress, a bill is proposed legislation under consideration by either of the two chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives or the Senate. Anyone elected to either body can propose a bill. After both chambers approv ...

Bill the Goat Bill the Goat is the mascot of the United States Naval Academy. The mascot is a live goat and is also represented by a costumed midshipman. There is also a bronze statue of the goat in the north end zone of Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadi ...

, the mascot of the US Naval Academy *

The Bill (band) The Bill is a Polish punk rock band, formed in 1988 by Artur "Soko" Soczewica, in the Polish town of Pionki. The band's name is pronounced in a similar way to the Polish word 'debil', which means 'moron'. The Bill played several times at the Jaroc ...

Bills (subculture) The Bills were a youth gang, subculture active in Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the late 1950s, basing much of their image and outlook on the cowboys of United States, American Western (genr ...

, a Congolese youth subculture in the late 1950s, idolising cowboy Western movies *

Bill's Bill's is a British restaurant and bar chain, founded by Bill Collison in 2001 when he opened a small greengrocery in Lewes, East Sussex East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel ...

, a British restaurant chain *

Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. ...

, an American NFL football team *

Tropical Storm Bill The name Bill has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. * Hurricane Bill (1997), threatened Bermuda, but passed the island without incident * Tropical Storm Bill (2003), made landfall west of New Orleans killing four and causin ...

, a list of storms