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billholder

billholder noun: someone who holds a bill or acceptance.

Noun

billholder (plural billholders)

  1. Someone who holds a bill or acceptance.
  2. A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
    • The ordinary pocket-wallet is designed to receive bank-bills only when they are folded several times upon themselves […] I also intend to limit my claim to a bill-holder that is constructed of an outside back and inside lining […]1876, Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office

Forms of billholder

pluralbillholders

Origin of billholder

From bill + holder.

Questions about billholder

What does billholder mean?
Billholder means someone who holds a bill or acceptance.
What part of speech is billholder?
Billholder is a noun.
What is the plural of billholder?
The plural of billholder is billholders.

Words near billholder in the dictionary

  1. billhead
  2. billheaded
  3. billheading
  4. billheadings
  5. billheads
  6. billholder
  7. billholders
  8. billhook
  9. billhooked
  10. billhooking
  11. billhooks

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