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
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DeLano starred as firefighter Sonny Caputo and received third billing behind Drury and Richard Jaeckel on Firehouse, a midseason replacement drama that bowed in January 1974 but aired just 13 episodes before it was canceled.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Medical billing mistakes are surprisingly common.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Campbell has been living up to his first-round billing this season as Drake Maye’s blindside protector.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
The PIT is an internal platform intended to accurately consolidate community care claims data and ensure proper billing to both veterans and medical providers.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Medical billing mistakes are surprisingly common.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Campbell has been living up to his first-round billing this season as Drake Maye’s blindside protector.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
The PIT is an internal platform intended to accurately consolidate community care claims data and ensure proper billing to both veterans and medical providers.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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