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

The 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack, in which ransomware seized monitoring and billing systems connected to physical valves and meters, is one recent example. — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

These pieces often occupy premium real estate within museums, receive prominent billing during exhibitions, and are the most sought-out for loans and transfers among institutions. — Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

This is an agency with a history of billing scandals, of union bosses bullying pushover pols, of robust pensions and sweetheart health and dental plans that require little or no payment by employees. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Many customers had good experiences interacting with customer service when signing up or handling billing issues. — Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

bill entry 5

First Known Use

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