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

Dolls billings dipped 5%, with Barbie gross billings falling 16%. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Continue reading … FRAUDULENT FALLOUT — Nearly $1B drop in Medicaid spending projections follows bizarre billing discovery. — FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

PageCloud isn't especially competitive on price, charging $26 month-to-month ($22 per month with annual billing) for its starting Launch plan. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

The larger spread also strengthens hospitals’ incentive to choose costlier drugs and move treatment into 340B billing sites. — Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 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