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Definition of billet verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

billet

verb

NAmE//ˈbɪlət//

[transitive, usually passive] + adv./prep.Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they billet

he / she / it billets

past simple billeted

-ing form billeting

to send soldiers to live somewhere temporarily, especially in private houses during a war The troops were billeted in town with local families.

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