fill the bill Definition

bill¹
noun

1a. A printed or written statement of the amount of money owed for goods or services received; an invoice;

Thesaurus: statement, invoice, tally, account.
1b. Such a statement for food and drink received in a restaurant or hotel. US equivalent check;
1c. The amount of money owed.
2. A written plan or draft for a proposed law.

Thesaurus: law, draft, measure, proposal, legislation.
(N Amer, especially US)
3. A banknote. Brit equivalent note.
4. An advertising poster.

Thesaurus: handbill, poster, circular, advertisement, folder, bulletin, catalogue, handout, programme, playbill, leaflet.
5. A list of items, events or performers, etc; a programme of entertainment.

verb billed, billing

1. To send or give a bill to someone, requesting payment for goods, etc; to charge

Example: Did they bill you for the wine?
2. To advertise or announce (a person or event) in a poster, etc.

Example: was billed as Britain's best new comedy act

Idiom: fit the bill (fill the bill)

colloq
To be suitable, or what is required.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin bulla a seal or a document bearing a seal.

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fill
verb filled, filling

1. To make it full.

Example: fill the bath with water
Thesaurus: pack, stuff, lade, supply, satisfy, sate, ram, cram, crowd, saturate; Antonym: empty, clear.
Form: fill something up (also)
intr
2. To become full.

Example: The petrol tank filled up quickly
Form: fill up (also)
3. To take up all the space in something.
4. To satisfy (a need); to perform (a role) satisfactorily.
5. To occupy (time).

Form: fill up (sometimes)
6. To put material into (a hole, cavity, etc) to level the surface.

Form: fill something in (also)
Form: fill something up
7. To appoint someone to (a position or post of employment).
8a. To take up (a position or post of employment);
8b. To work in (a job), sometimes temporarily.

Example: She filled the post for six months
intr
9. Said of a sail: to billow out in the wind.

noun

1. Anything used to fill something.
2. Material such as stones, gravel, etc used to fill a space to a required level.

Example: rock-fill

Idiom: be filled with feelings

To be profoundly affected by them.

Idiom: eat one's fill

To consume enough to satisfy.

Idiom: fill the bill

To be perfectly suited for something.

Idiom: to have had one's fill of something or someone

To have received or experienced more of it or them than one can tolerate.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fyllan.

Phrasal Verb: fill someone in

To inform them fully; to brief them.

Phrasal Verb: fill something in

To write information as required on to (a form, etc).Said of a drawing: to complete it.

Phrasal Verb: fill in for someone

To take over their work temporarily. See also fill-in.

Phrasal Verb: fill out

To put on weight and become fatter or plumper.

Phrasal Verb: fill something out

To enlarge it satisfactorily; to amplify it.To fill in (a form, etc).

Phrasal Verb: fill something up

To fill in (a form, etc).To make it full.