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

For subscribers in the U.S., cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. —John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2025

This protection covers a wide range of scams, including toll road and billing fee scams, cryptocurrency scams, financial impersonation scams, gift card and prize scams, tech support scams, and more. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025

He's largely lived up to his billing as a bat-first corner outfielder, averaging 22 home runs and 85 RBIs per season from 2022-24. —Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025

Trellis aggregates up to a decade of a woman’s health history from 50,000+ provider sites, re-architecting it around chronology rather than billing codes, then overlays intelligent support. —Stephen Wunker, Forbes.com, 17 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