billet

a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide a stack of gold billets in the vault Synonyms billet, rodRelated Words arbor, beam, board, crossbar, crossbeam, girder; band, strip; bloom, ingot, slab, stick

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York Synonyms appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, function, place, position, post, situationRelated Words business, employ, employment, occupation, profession; work; office, spot; calling, pursuit, trade, vocation; line, racket; engagement, gig; livelihood, living; career, lifework, practice (also practise); duty, mission, posting, service, taskNear Antonyms avocation; joblessness, unemployment

to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier Synonyms accommodate, bestow, house, bivouac, board, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take inRelated Words ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent; barrack; bed (down)Near Antonyms eject, evict