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noun

a brief written acknowledgment of indebtedness, not payable to order.

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duty, accountability, requirement, right, necessity, constraint, understanding, commitment, contract, agreement, liability, trust, promise, burden, need, debt, bond, loss, shortfall, conscience

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  1. dudley, robert,
  2. dudley, thomas,
  3. dudleya,
  4. duds,
  5. due,
  6. due diligence,
  7. due process,
  8. due process of law,
  9. due to,
  10. duecento

Origin of due bill

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95
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Examples from the Web for due bill

  • He would give his due-bill, and would certainly remit to me at San Francisco, but really couldn't tell exactly when!

    Across America|James F. Rusling

  • He spoke so firmly that I was persuaded to make him a little loan, taking his due-bill for it, which he always insisted on giving.

    The Burial of the Guns|Thomas Nelson Page
British Dictionary definitions for due bill

due bill

noun

mainly US a document acknowledging indebtedness, exchangeable for goods or services
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