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

Qualifying users can claim a free trial; just remember to cancel before the next billing cycle. —PC Magazine, 12 July 2025

The letter also stated that Agrawal's billing practices led to the overpayment of $34,623.33. —Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025

Remote-reading technologies emerged in the 1980s, allowing utility staff to collect meter readings by driving by, increasing data accuracy, but their inability to provide real-time data meant water waste was only noticed during billing cycles. —Stephanie Threinen, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

The firm provided credentialing and enrolling, medical coding and billing services for medical practices, court papers say. —Ryan Lucas, NPR, 30 June 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