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

And private equity rollups of California hospitals and physician practices have set us on a path to experience what has happened elsewhere in the country — hospital closures, staffing cuts and surprise billing. —Alex Lee, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

What should be a routine monthly payment has become a source of frustration for some Dallas water customers following the rollout of a new billing system. —Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Borrowers who accidentally miss their annual income recertification deadline could revert to a Standard plan billing amount, which in some cases could result in significantly higher payments. —Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

For a service built on impulse viewing, telco deals buy instant reach and built-in billing in price-sensitive markets where persuading users to sign up directly can be hard. —Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 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