billed

American  

[bild] / bɪld /

adjective

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

   a yellow-billed magpie.

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Other Word Forms

• unbilled adjective

Etymology

Origin of billed

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

Example Sentences

The group had gathered at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster for what was billed as "nonviolent direct action training".

From BBC

During the appearance, they were billed as Jackson’s secret “second family” and said that they were reluctant to come forward but wanted to “show the world who Michael really was.”

From Los Angeles Times

The by-election was billed as a key strategic test for Labour, in a largely working-class suburb of Manchester that also contains a large number of students and a big Muslim population.

From BBC

The multi-million pound project in Aberdeen - involving 25 buses - was meant to be the future of clean public transportation, with the city billed as the global hub for hydrogen-powered buses.

From BBC

He billed it as a truthful account of events; yet Lewis used leading language like “supernatural,” and “haunt,” in addition to, “murder.”

From Literature