BILL OF HEALTH Definition & Meaning

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bill of health

noun

a certificate, carried by a ship, attesting to the presence or absence of infectious diseases among the ship's crew and at the port from which it has come.

bill of health

noun

a certificate, issued by a port officer, that attests to the health of a ship's company
clean bill of health informal.
1. a good report of one's physical condition
2. a favourable account of a person's or a company's financial position

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bill of health¹

First recorded in 1635–45

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Idioms and Phrases

clean bill of health, an attestation of fitness or qualification; a commendation:
The investigating committee gave him a clean bill of health.

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But whether USC will have a clean bill of health by then remains to be seen.

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She steadily improved and within a year got a clean bill of health.

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Mr. Slayman was discharged from the hospital two weeks after his surgery, with “one of the cleanest bills of health I’ve had in a long time,” he said at the time.

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"We haven't given Israel a clean bill of health - Israel's performance on aid has not been good enough."

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Thursday and again Friday morning before getting a clean enough bill of health to take part in everything Saturday.

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