bill·ing | \ ˈbi-liŋ 
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\Definition of billing
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
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Recent Examples on the Web Hackers stole customer data from Barnes & Noble including billing and email addresses as well as order history.
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Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "Is Netflix recreating the old broadcast TV network?," 16 Oct. 2020 Here, there is no access to Zoom, except on a cellphone, no Netflix or online billing.
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Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, "Teleworking in a parking lot. School on a flash drive. The coronavirus prompts new urgency for rural Internet access.," 14 Oct. 2020 Georgetown's Corlette also noted that hospital billing departments are adjusting to processing COVID-19 claims.
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CBS News, "Patients getting slammed by surprise costs related to COVID-19," 12 Oct. 2020 Attackers target patient and billing records, as well as equipment such as magnetic resonance imaging machines.
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Leigh Kamping-carder, WSJ, "Hackers Eye Their Next Targets, From Schools to Cars," 8 Oct. 2020 The city manages water meter reading and billing for the county under a long-standing agreement.
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Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore to outsource part of city, county water billing operations after sustained ‘struggles’," 7 Oct. 2020 Whited was an accounting associate for the Austin Public Library and was responsible for making and approving purchases, cash receipts, billing and other accounting transactions, the report said.
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David Williams, CNN, "A former Austin Library employee is accused of stealing $1.3M in printer toner," 6 Oct. 2020 But customers with more complicated billing arrangements will be folded in the following month.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Five-city community choice energy program rollout extended to January 2022," 6 Oct. 2020 Typically, a fullz includes the holder’s full name and billing address; card number, expiration date and security code; and often a Social Security number and birth date.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Boom! Hacked page on mobile phone website is stealing customers’ card data," 5 Oct. 2020
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