public bill


noun
  1. a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the general interests of the people at large or of the whole community.

Origin of public bill

1
First recorded in 1670–80

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public bill

noun
  1. (in Parliament) a bill dealing with public policy that usually applies to the whole country: Compare private bill, hybrid bill

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