short bill

noun

1. a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days

Example Sentences

I puzzled at first if the bird might be an eastern wood-pewee, another grayish white flycatcher with a short bill, but the giveaway was the way the eastern phoebe wags her tail when she flies off the nest and lands on the lilac bush by the stream.

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There was a taste of that this week, when a short bill to increase oil and gas production on federal lands took two days to pass on the floor, after dozens and dozens of amendment votes were considered.

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Aside from directing ire at Pence, Trump also has raged about other former advisers who have testified, including Short, Bill Stepien and former attorney general William P. Barr, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, and has focused extensively on the hearings even as some of his advisers have tried to play down his interest.

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But a short bill setting out specific regulations, including the referendum date and question, would still need to be approved by MSPs.

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State Sen. Henry Stern, who represents parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, thinks it should be — he’s introduced a short bill that would do just that.

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