billholder

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noun

Someone who holds a bill or acceptance.

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Meanings

nounbillholder (plural billholders)

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

Origin

From bill + holder.

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APA

billholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billholder

MLA

“billholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billholder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “billholder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billholder.

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