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View synonyms for bill of health

bill of health

noun

  1. a certificate, carried by a ship, attesting to the presence or absence of infectious diseases among the ship's crew and at the port from which it has come.


bill of health

noun

  1. a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
  2. clean bill of health informal.
    1. a good report of one's physical condition
    2. a favourable account of a person's or a company's financial position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bill of health1

First recorded in 1635–45
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. clean bill of health, an attestation of fitness or qualification; a commendation:

    The investigating committee gave him a clean bill of health.

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Example Sentences

We are to be ready to return with him, as he has secured the necessary bill-of-health for 20 us.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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