Word of the day: Billet

billet: \BIL-it\ , noun;

1. 1.Lodging for soldiers.
2. 2.An official order directing that a soldier be provided with lodging.
3. 3.A position of employment; a job.

transitive verb:

1. 1.To quarter, or place in lodgings.
2. 2.To serve (a person) with an official order to provide lodging for soldiers.

intransitive verb:

1. 1.To be quartered; to lodge.

Quotes:

• When he was well enough, he was retrieved back to his billet in the American zone.

• Billet is from Medieval French billette, from Old French bullette, diminutive of bulle, “a document,” from Medieval Latin bulla, “a document.”