Usually means: Suitable or appropriate for purpose.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word fit the bill:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. fit the bill: Merriam-Webster
  2. fit the bill: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fit the bill: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fit the bill: Vocabulary.com
  5. fit the bill: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. fit the bill: Wiktionary
  7. fit the bill: Dictionary.com
  8. fit the bill: Rhymezone
  9. fit the bill: FreeDictionary.org
  10. fit the bill: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. fit the bill: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. fit the bill: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. fit the bill: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. fit the bill: Legal dictionary
  3. fit the bill: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fit the bill: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fit the bill: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fit the bill: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fit the bill: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fit the bill)

verb:  (idiomatic) To satisfy a need; to serve a purpose; to fulfill specified requirements.

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