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• double bill
  double bill

  noun

  double feature.
• double-bill
  double-bill

  verb (used with object)

  to bill (different accounts) for the same charge.

double bill

¹ American  

noun

1. double feature.

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double-bill ² American  

[duhb-uhl-bil] / ˈdʌb əlˈbɪl /

verb (used with object)

1. to bill (different accounts) for the same charge.

   He double-billed different clients for the same business trip.

2. to place (a motion picture) on a double bill.

   The film is being double-billed in some theaters.

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verb (used without object)

1. to bill different accounts for the same charge.

double bill British  

noun

1. a programme or event with two main items

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double bill Idioms  

1. see double feature.

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Etymology

Origin of double bill¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Origin of double-bill²

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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He also toured with the longtime singer for the rock band Chicago, Jason Scheff, on a double bill they called Lead Singers of Classic Rock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Studios had “B” units, which produced the lower half of a double bill.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

Al Pacino will appear for a 35th anniversary screening of Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy” and Rob Reiner will present a double bill of Stephen King adaptations with “Stand By Me” and “Misery.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025

In the premiere double bill of “Doctor Who,” you can feel Davies grappling with these questions, with largely successful results.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2024

This double bill was "The New Word," a fireside scene, which was followed by "Rosy Rapture."

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

Also this week: Elaine May’s ‘A New Leaf,’ 35mm revival screenings of ‘Danger: Diabolik’ and ‘Barbarella’ and a double-bill of Eric Rohmer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Despite them being targeted at totally different audiences, we're up for a screening double-bill when they're released.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023

When it opened in neighborhood theaters on a double-bill with a lesser gangster film, “Mad Dog Coll,” the New York Times reviewer Howard Thompson praised Fuller’s direction as “nimble, particularly in his use of close-ups.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2018

Still, “The Post” is a necessary double-bill to “All the President’s Men,” which edges Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham out of the story.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 17, 2018

There were several fake trailers that ran during Grindhouse, the double-bill paean to 70s-exploitation cinema that paired Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof with Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror.

From Time ● Nov. 24, 2014