(aux-v) (1) (uk) (arch) be (an affirmation)
(aux-v) (2) (uk) (arch) be (location)
(n,suf) (3) sum of money (used to express an exact sum on a receipt, envelope, certificate, etc.)
(adj-na,adv) (uk) considerably
fairly
quite
(P)
(exp) time is money
(exp) (id) The style is the man
(exp) (id) A law is a law, however undesirable it may be
(exp) (id) Truth is stranger than fiction
(exp) (id) Only the husband does not know
(exp) (id) Frailty, thy name is woman
(exp) (id) The thief caught turn out to be one's own son