billet
US'bılət
معنی فارسی
چوب هيزم ، شمش فلز ، رکاب چرمي کوچک درکمربند
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old French 'bile', meaning 'document, letter' and Latin 'bulla', meaning 'seal'.
مثال
- The soldiers were assigned to a billet in the nearby village.
- During the war, many families offered their homes as billets for the troops.
- The army provided billets for the soldiers in the town's empty buildings.
ترکیبهای رایج
Assigned billet Offered billet Provided billet Comfortable billet
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- a short personal letter “drop me a line when you get there”
- lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
- a job in an organization “he occupied a post in the treasury”
- provide housing for (military personnel) “Somebody ----s” “Somebody ----s somebody”
مترادفها
I. noun
1. Note, short letter.
2. Stick, small piece, fagot, splitting.
II. verb active
Assign (to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.
III. verb neuter
Be quartered, lodge, have one's quarters.