private bill

noun

a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Compare public bill.

Origin of private bill

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby private bill

privacy, privacy, right of, privatdocent, private, private bar, private bill, private brand, private company, private detective, private duty nurse, private enterprise

British Dictionary definitions for private bill

private bill

noun

a bill presented to Parliament or Congress on behalf of a private individual, corporation, etc

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