Homophones for battel, battle

battel / battle  [ˈbætəl]

battel – n. Brit. – an Oxford college account for expenses, esp. for board and the supply of provisions

battle – n. – 1. a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces – a fight or violent altercation between opposed groups; 2. a contest – a prolonged or difficult struggle, sometimes used of sports; v. intr. – 1. struggle, strive, fight persistently; v. tr. – 1. struggle against; 2. N. Amer. – engage in conflict  with

Quotes

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“It must swell their battel bills awfully.”/ “Yes, but battel bills always come in at the beginning of term, when they are flush of money. Besides, they all know that battel bills must be paid…”

~Tom Brown at Oxford (1861) – Thomas Hughes

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No evidence was found that battle casualties with or without complicating acute renal failure are more prone to develop infection because of a possible deficiency in the antibacterial defense mechanisms studied.

~The Effect of Severe Battle Injury and Post-Traumatic Renal Failure on Resistance to Infection (1955) – Henry H. Balch