Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A method of settling disputes about boundaries by arbitration.
  • A corruption of bilge.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as bilge.

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Examples

  • Athletes from both games live in the same billage and enjoy the same catering services, medical care and facilities.

    Jane Dwyre Garton: Paralympics: A Bonus Beyond Olympic Games 2009

  • The Board changed the billing for the Cortland Road Sewer District so that it operates on billage by usage, at 125% of the rate for customers in the Village of Dryden, making it more like the billing used in the Village.

    Living in Dryden: Infrastructure issues 2004

  • The Board changed the billing for the Cortland Road Sewer District so that it operates on billage by usage, at 125% of the rate for customers in the Village of Dryden, making it more like the billing used in the Village.

    Living in Dryden: April 2004 Archives 2004

  • October 31st, 2004 at 3:51 pm oh yeah, I better keep some coinage and/or billage out for UNICEF boxes, thanks for the reminder!

    Happy Halloween! 2004

  • Those are the worlds used by Sardinia's mayor to describe what the former billage clerk allegedly did.

    unknown title 2009

  • Those are the worlds used by Sardinia's mayor to describe what the former billage clerk allegedly did.

    Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com 2009

  • "You won't be able to do it at 111 percent because it will create negative billage, so we probably won't be able to return it in the same time period," he said.

    All Stories - Bainbridge Island Review 2009

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