billed

[bild]

adjective

1. having a bill or beak, especially one of a specified kind, shape, color, etc. (usually used in combination).

   a yellow-billed magpie.

Other Word Forms

• unbilled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of billed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; bill ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

But instead of getting to sing their songs individually, the three were grouped into what was billed as a “Lilith Fair Tribute” and had to perform a medley.

From Salon

It is billed as a luxury home, offering "kind, compassionate and specialist" dementia care, and it costs up to £1,800 per week to live there.

From BBC

SB 1, also known as the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, is a sprawling statute that Republicans billed as fostering academic freedom on the state’s college campuses.

From Salon

Jenny Han, who wrote the coming-of-age trilogy from which the romantic series was adapted, will return to write and direct the film, which is being billed as an expansion of the global franchise.

From BBC

A separate documentary, announced on Wednesday, is billed as "an all-access, intimate view of the rock icon's six-year health battle as he fights to get back on stage one last time".

From BBC