billet

1. 1.

   a short personal letter

   “drop me a line when you get there”

   Synonymsnoteshort letterline

   Broaderpersonal letter

   Narrowerexcuse
2. 2.

   lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

   Broaderhousing

   military

3. 3.

   a job in an organization

   “he occupied a post in the treasury”

   Synonymspositionpostberthofficespotplacesituation

   Broaderoccupation

   Narroweracademicianshipaccountantshipadmiraltyambassadorshipapostleshipapprenticeshipassociateshipattorneyshipbailiffshipbaronetage

1. 1.

   provide housing for (military personnel)

   Synonymsquartercanton

   Broaderlodge

   military

Other forms of billet

plural

billets·

past tense

billetted·

present participle

billetting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about billet

What does billet mean?

billet means "a short personal letter". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in billet?

billet has 2 syllables: bil-let. The stress falls on "bil". In IPA it is /ˈbɪlət/.

What is another word for billet?

Close synonyms include note, short letter, line, position, post. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is billet a common word?

billet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.