Billet vs. Ingot

Billet and Ingot Definitions
Billet
Lodging for troops.
Ingot
A mass of metal, such as a bar or block, that is cast in a standard shape for convenient storage or shipment.
Billet
A written order directing that such lodging be provided.
Ingot
A casting mold for metal.
Billet
A position of employment; a job.
Ingot
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
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Billet
(Archaic) A short letter; a note.
Ingot
(transitive) To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.
Billet
A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
Ingot
That in which metal is cast; a mold.
And from the fire he took up his matterAnd in the ingot put it with merry cheer.
Billet
One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used as an ornamental motif on moldings in Norman architecture.
Ingot
A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine.
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Billet
A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
Ingot
A block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling
Billet
A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
Billet
The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
Billet
A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.
Billet
To lodge (soldiers).
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Billet
To serve (a person) with a written order to provide lodging for soldiers.
Billet
To assign lodging to.
Billet
To be quartered; lodge.
Billet
A short informal letter.
Billet
A written order to quarter soldiers.
Billet
A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
Billet
A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
Billet
Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
Billet
An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
Billet
(figurative) Berth; position.
Billet
(metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
Billet
A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
Billet
A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
Billet
(heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
Billet
(architectural element) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
Billet
(saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
Billet
A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
Billet
To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
Billet
To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
Billet
(transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
Billet
A small paper; a note; a short letter.
Billet
A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
Billet
Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig.
The men who cling to easy billets ashore.
His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle.
Billet
A small stick of wood, as for firewood.
They shall beat out my brains with billets.
Billet
A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
Billet
An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.
Billet
A strap which enters a buckle.
Billet
A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.
Billet
To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.
Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.
Billet
A short personal letter;
Drop me a line when you get there
Billet
Lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
Billet
A job in an organization;
He occupied a post in the treasury
Billet
Provide housing for (military personnel)