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 company shipped patients excessive volumes of devices each month, using these fraudulent billings to artificially inflate the company’s financial reporting and its stock price, the government alleged. —Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026

The conviction is part of a broader effort by the Justice Department's Health Care Fraud Strike Force, which has charged more than 5,800 defendants and uncovered over $30 billion in fraudulent billings since its inception in 2007. —Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

Your purchases accumulate during the billing cycle, then the cycle closes, and a statement is generated. —True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Although Commander in Chief ended after only one season, Davis has since had a brief recurring role on Grey's Anatomy and main billing on The Exorcist season 1. —Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 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