n.

1. 1. Lodging for troops.
   2. A written order directing that such lodging be provided.
2. A position of employment; a job.
3. Archaic. A short letter; a note.

v., -let·ed, -let·ing, -lets.

v.tr.

1. 1. To lodge (soldiers).
   2. To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.
2. To assign lodging to.

v.intr.

To be quartered; lodge.

[Middle English, official register, from Old French billette, from bullette, diminutive of bulle, document, from Medieval Latin bulla, document, seal. See bill¹.]

bil·let² (bĭl'ĭt)
n.

1. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
2. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used horizontally as ornamentation in the moldings of Norman architecture.
3. 1. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
   2. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
4. 1. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
   2. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.

[Middle English, from Old French billette, diminutive of bille, log, from Vulgar Latin *bilia, possibly of Celtic origin.]

noun

A post of employment: appointment, berth, job, office, place, position, situation, slot, spot. Slang gig. See place.

verb

To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, board, bunk, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, room. See protection/exposure.

n. 1. a shelter for troops.

2. a personnel position or assignment that may be filled by one person.

v.

to quarter troops.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

1. A common Norman or Romanesque molding formed by a series of circular (but

billet, 1

occasionally square) cylinders, disposed alternately with the notches in single or multiple rows.
2. A steel slab which is placed under a column to distribute the load, as from the column to the supporting masonry.
3. A timber which is sawn on three sides and left rounded on the fourth.
4. A wood block from which smaller pieces of structural lumber can be cut.

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Billeting, the quartering of military troops at public expense, was a British practice that infuriated American colonists and fueled calls for revolution. Billeting became a contentious issue, particularly in New York and Philadelphia, as Great Britain sent more and more soldiers to fight the French during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). To offset the cost of maintaining a modern army in North America, the British parliament passed the Mutiny Act of 1765, more commonly known as the Quartering Act. This new act required colonial governments to billet troops in taverns, barns, and uninhabited houses and to furnish them with provisions when barracks were not available. As "a common resort of arbitrary princes," billeting aroused resistance in Charleston in 1764, New York in 1766, and Boston in 1768, largely owing to aversion to higher taxes and to anger over the British military's willingness to enforce the act. This resistance fed on the traditional British opposition to standing armies. The colonies eventually agreed to quarter the British army. Billeting aggravated tensions between American colonists and British soldiers, however, and led directly to the Boston Massacre in 1770. Although Parliament passed the Quartering Act of 1774 to permit billeting within Boston, this new legislation did little to stem the tide of revolution in North America. Billeting not only sparked calls for independence but also conditioned how Americans would view standing armies. As a result of Parliament's attempt to force the American colonies to quarter British troops, Congress prohibited billeting in the Third Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

Bibliography

Maier, Pauline. From Resistance to Revolution. New York: Knopf, 1972.

Wood, Gordon S. The Radicalism of the American Revolution. New York: Knopf, 1992.

Young, Alfred F. The Shoemaker and the Tea Party. Boston: Beacon Press, 1999.

Zobel, Hiller B. The Boston Massacre. New York: Norton, 1970.

—Elbridge Colby

A specific job authorized within a unit structure.

(DOD) 1. Shelter for troops. 2. To quarter troops. 3. A personnel position or assignment that may be filled by one person.

IN BRIEF: Lodging for military personnel, often in a private home.

The house over there was used as a billet in the Civil War.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - indkvartering, kvarter
v. tr. - indkvartere, huse
v. intr. - logere

2.
n. - brændestykke

Nederlands (Dutch)
briefje, betrekking, kwartier, inkwartieringsbevel, inkwartieren, een baan geven, uiteinde van een riem

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Mil) billet de logement, cantonnement (chez l'habitant), emploi (arch)
v. tr. - loger, cantonner chez qn
v. intr. - loger (chez)

2.
n. - bûche, rondin, (Archit) billette

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Quartier, Stellung
v. - einquartieren, quartieren

2.
n. - Holzscheit, Spannkeil

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (διαταγή με την οποία επιβάλλεται) στρατωνισμός ή καταυλισμός, θέση, δουλειά, κούτσουρο, καυσόξυλο
v. - στρατωνίζω, παρέχω κατάλυμα σε στρατιωτική μονάδα, επιτάσσω οίκημα, καταλύω, διαμένω

Italiano (Italian)
accantonare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alojamento (m) para soldados, ordem (f) escrita para alojar soldados, pedaço (m) de madeira
v. - alojar (soldados)

Русский (Russian)
расквартировывать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - billete, esquela, acantonamiento, alojamiento
v. tr. - acantonar, alojar
v. intr. - acantonarse, alojarse

2.
n. - puesto, colocación , destino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inkvartering, jobb, plats
v. - inkvartera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 向军人提供住宿处的书面命令, 给海员指定的睡铺, 士兵住宿处, 职位, 地位, 工作, 分配住宿地, 委派, 任命, 把提供住宿处的命令送交, 投宿, 驻扎

2. 作燃料用的小木条, 木棍, 木棒, 钢坯

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 作燃料用的小木條, 木棍, 木棒, 鋼坯

2.
n. - 向軍人提供住宿處的書面命令, 給海員指定的睡鋪, 士兵住宿處, 職位, 地位, 工作
v. tr. - 分配住宿地, 委派, 任命, 把提供住宿處的命令送交
v. intr. - 投宿, 駐紮

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 숙소, 직업, 짧은 글
v. tr. - 숙소를 할당하다, 숙소를 지정하다
v. intr. - 숙소가 지정되다

2.
n. - 장작, 강철 조각, 가죽 끈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 軍人宿舎, 仕事, 宿舎
v. - 宿泊させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مسكن جنود, وظيفه, قضيب حديد (فعل) آوى, أسكن جنود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגורי-חייל, ג'וב, משרה, הוראה בכתב לתת מגורים לחייל‬
v. tr. - ‮שיכן חייל‬
v. intr. - ‮השיג מקום-מגורים, התגורר ב-‬
n. - ‮גזר-עץ עבה לבערה, מוט מתכת קטן‬

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