billets 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of billet
as in bars
a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide a stack of gold billets in the vault

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billets

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noun (2)

plural of billet
as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay found a billet at one of the leading brokerage houses in New York

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billets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of billet
as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for billets
  1. bars
  2. positions
  3. houses
  4. beams
  5. jobs
  6. camps
  7. rods
  8. posts
Noun
  • Members gather for occasional get-togethers at local bars and restaurants to share their love of tiki culture.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
  • Some in county jails are there for just a few days, but others can stay behind bars for months or even years before their cases are tried in court.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Definition of bars
Noun
  • The compensation study completed last December showed many positions were at or above the 50th percentile among comparable agencies, including the Folsom Parks and Recreation Department and Cameron Park Community Services District.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • The district, in a statement, said that of the 162 employees, 82 came from the central office positions and the remaining 80 are from those citywide positions.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of positions
Verb
  • Nearby, the historic Sporting Club houses an indoor pool, sauna, water circuit, and fitness center.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • The animals live on a massive estate that also houses Neill’s winery, Two Paddocks, which was founded in 1993 and based in Central Otago, New Zealand.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Definition of houses
Noun
  • All have the particular quirks – wooden beams or quaint tiny windows – of a centuries-old property.
    — Jonathan Samuels, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
  • The gambrel-roof’s shingles were pegged into roof beams rather than nailed, and the lath that held its plaster walls together was woven in place rather than nailed, according to an architectural survey of the county.
    — Mark Price July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
Definition of beams
Noun
  • The operation is expected to create 40 direct jobs and around 150 indirect positions across animation, post-production, sound, translation, distribution, licensing, merchandising and legal services.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • The filing was made at the behest of a creditor, according to German news platform NDR, identified as the Minjob-Zentrale, the government agency in charge of registering the country’s part-time jobs and collecting social security contributions.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026
Definition of jobs
Verb
  • That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of camps
Noun
  • In a conventional fission reactor, a uranium fuel rods are submerged inside a large vat of water.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • The four settlers were wielding wooden and metal rods and stones.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of rods
Noun
  • Scroll through the posts below for more coverage on the fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old husband and father from Colombia.
    — Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • According to a report on New York’s ABC7, citing an unidentified police source (and multiple social media posts), a large number of fans rushed at least two of the stadium’s gates and got past security without being screened.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 July 2026
Definition of posts
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