billhead

[ bil-hed ]

noun

1. a sheet of paper with a printed heading, heading, usually giving one's name and address, on which a statement of money due is rendered.
2. the heading heading itself.
3. a printed form for itemized statements.

Word History and Origins

Origin of billhead¹

First recorded in 1835–45; bill ¹ + head

Example Sentences

Jenkins is running in a by-election March 25 in the Glasgow constituency of Billhead, and he must win a seat in Parliament if he is to be a candidate in the leadership stakes of the Social Democratic/Liberal Party alliance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of the familiar Croydon Trousseau Laundry, the billhead read: Shields-Wood Service.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the association's secretary each member received a package of more or less gorgeous blanks, printed like a billhead, on handsome paper, properly ruled in columns; a bill-head worded something like this— These blanks were filled up, day by day, as the voyage progressed, and deposited in the several wharf-boat boxes.

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