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bills of mortality

bills of mortality is the plural of bill of mortality.

Meaning of bill of mortality

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

Questions about bills of mortality

What is bills of mortality the plural of?
Bills of mortality is the plural of bill of mortality.

Words near bills of mortality in the dictionary

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

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