billing

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

Examples of billing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those who don’t sign up for paperless billing and autopay will have to pay an extra $8 per month for payments made via credit or debit card. —Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025

The final round of the 89th Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club has lived up to the billing. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025

Claims complexity: The billing process between hospitals and insurers is opaque to patients, who often receive surprising and undecipherable bills months after receiving care. —Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025

The Vuelta Germany team also closed a new booking and billing deal with Constantin Film for its extensive slate of theatrical films. —Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

bill entry 5

First Known Use

1875, 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