billing

1 of 2

noun

bill·​ing ˈbi-liŋ 

1

: advertising or public promotion (as of a product or personality)

also : relative prominence of a name in such promotion

got top billing

2

: total amount of business or investments (as of an advertising agency) within a given period

billing

2 of 2

present participle of bill entry 2, bill entry 5

Examples of billing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

By 2024, more than half of all billings by members of the American Institute of Architects came from renovation and reuse projects. — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

The credits will always be under the Behemoth Collective, always alphabetical, always equal billing. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Its central promise — keeping patients out of billing disputes — remains worth defending. — Christian Swann, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

New platforms promising to transform everything from marketing to billing to recruitment. — Cellene Hoogenkamp, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

bill entry 5

First Known Use

Noun

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing billing

• top billing

Rhymes for billing

• chilling
• drilling
• filling
• grilling
• killing
• milling
• pilling
• rilling
• schilling
• shilling
• skilling
• spilling