billeted; billeting; billets
1
: to assign lodging to (someone, such as a soldier) by or as if by a billet
2
: to serve with a billet
billet a householder
1
a
: a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)
b
obsolete
: cudgel
2
a
: a bar of metal
b
: a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom
c
: a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion
d
: a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion
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Examples of billet in a Sentence
Noun (1)
found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York
Verb
every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier
Noun (2)
a stack of gold billets in the vault
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Ivan decided to ride it out, but the lack of good billets made life boring and difficult.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
James Powel, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
The mercenaries billeted there scrawled graffiti across the frescoes.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Only the inner steering wheel horn hoop looked like a replacement part, finished in a billet aluminum.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Ivan decided to ride it out, but the lack of good billets made life boring and difficult.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Verb
He was evacuated to the countryside and the family that he was billeted with was a tailoring family.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
The mercenaries billeted there scrawled graffiti across the frescoes.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Billet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billet. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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billet
1 of 3 noun
bil·let
ˈbil-ət 
1
: an official order that a soldier be put up in a private home
2
: quarters assigned by or as if by a billet
3
billet
2 of 3 verb
: to assign lodging to : quarter
billet
3 of 3 noun1
: a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)
2
: a bar of metal
especially
: one of iron or steel
Etymology
Noun
Middle English bylet "brief note," from early French billette, literally, "little document," derived from Latin billa "document"
Noun
Middle English bylet "chunk of wood," from early French billete, literally, "little log"; of Celtic origin
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