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bill of mortality

bill of mortality noun: an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time.

Noun

bill of mortality (plural bills of mortality)

  1. An official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time.
    • […] the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality […]1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
  2. A district required to be covered by such a statement.
    • (a place) within the bills of mortality of London

Forms of bill of mortality

pluralbills of mortality

Questions about bill of mortality

What does bill of mortality mean?
Bill of mortality means an official statement of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time.
What part of speech is bill of mortality?
Bill of mortality is a noun.
What is the plural of bill of mortality?
The plural of bill of mortality is bills of mortality.

Words near bill of mortality in the dictionary

  1. bill of health
  2. bill of laden
  3. bill of lading
  4. bill of material
  5. bill of materials
  6. bill of mortality
  7. bill of parcels
  8. bill of particulars
  9. bill of quantities
  10. bill of rights
  11. bill of sale

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