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

In less than 24 hours, all patients will be out of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park as the hospital blames its abrupt shutdown on a computerized billing system. —Noel Brennan, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026

The higher prices will roll out to existing members over the coming weeks; according to Netflix, existing members will be notified by email a month before the new prices are applied to them, with the timing depending on the individual member’s billing cycle. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026

Class action lawsuits, fragmented billing and steep regulatory fines due to patient privacy breaches and other issues often result in tens to hundreds of millions of dollars of losses. —Jeffrey Tully, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026

The school changed its billing methods in 2020 to make parents use electronic bank deposits instead of credit cards. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 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