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Definition: Bill Of Health |
Bill Of HealthNoun1. A certificate saying that a ship's company was healthy. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Economics | An official certificate (Pratique) issued by the authorities upon the departure of a vessel or airplane showing the state of health at the place of departure, and of the passengers and crew. (references) |
Literature | Bill of Health A clean bill of health. A document, duly signed by the proper authorities, to certify that when the ship set sail no infectious disorder existed in the place. A foul bill of health is a document to show that the place was suffering from some infection when the ship set sail. If a captain cannot show a clean bill, he is supposed to have a foul one. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Health | Noun: health, sanity; soundness; Adjective: vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano; Hygeia; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia; euphoria, euphory; St. Anthony's fire. |
Keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a clean bill of health. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bill Of Health |
| English words defined with "bill of health": A clean bill of health ♦ Foul bill of health ♦ ship's papers. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bill of health": Good samaritan laws. (references) |
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Trade | Bulgaria | In some cases additional information may be required such as receipt of payment of customs processing fees, bill of health (depending upon products), and certificate of import/export (authorization or license). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "bill of health": A clean bill of health ♦ clean bill of health ♦ Foul bill of health ♦ give a clean bill of health ♦ have a clean bill of health. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "bill of health"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | карантинно свидетелство. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | patente de santé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υγειονομική πιστοποίηση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kifogástalan egészségi (clean bill of health), egészségügyi bizonylat (clean bill of health), állapot (clean bill of health, condition, congelation, estate, fettle, footing, kilter, morbidity, nick, plight, posture, repair, stage, state, status, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeuyn slaynt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | illbay ofay ealthhay carta de saúde. (various references) карантинное свидетельство (health bill). (various references) patente de sanidad. (various references) friskskriva (declare fit, give a clean bill of health), friskförklara (declare fit, give a clean bill of health). (various references) รับรองว่ามีสุข าพแข็งแรงหรือปกติ (get a clean bill of health). (various references) sağlam raporu (clean bill of health), sağlık raporu (health certificate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-h-h-i-l-l-l-o-t" | |
-4 letters: fallible, fellatio, flotilla, foilable, lifeboat, liftable, tillable. | |
-5 letters: floatel, foliate, halloth, lobelia. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6C 6C 4F 66 48 65 61 6C 74 68 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001000 01100101 01100001 01101100 01110100 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i l l   O f   H e a l t h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006C 006C 004F 0066 0048 0065 0061 006C 0074 0068 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36757878249722427167788674 |
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