handbill

See also: hand bill

English

Alternative forms

• hand bill, hand-bill

Etymology 1

From hand +‎ bill (“cutting instrument”).

Noun

handbill (plural handbills)

1. A pruning hook.
2. A chopping instrument; billhook.

Etymology 2

From hand +‎ bill (“sheet of paper”).

Noun

handbill (plural handbills)

1. A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
   • 1941 March, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 144:

     Messengers for Mankind.—By Wilfrid L. Randell. [...] Among the many illustrations is a reproduction of the historic handbill of the Great Western Railway announcing the introduction of the railway electric telegraph more than 100 years ago.

Translations

loose printed sheet

• Bulgarian: позив (bg) m (poziv)
• French: prospectus (fr) m
• German: Handzettel (de) m, Flugblatt (de) n
• Gujarati: ચોપાનિયું n (copāniyũ)
• Irish: bille láimhe m
• Latin: libellus m
• Serbo-Croatian: летак m (letak)

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• brochure
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• flier, flyer
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet

References

• “handbill”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.