billing

noun bill·ing \ ˈbi-liŋ \

|Updated on: 17 Aug 2018

Definition of billing

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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Recent Examples of billing from the Web

Morales typically makes several hundred dollars a week — not on the MDC’s direct payroll, but as an outside worker from the roster of a temporary employment agency, TempsNow!, MDC records of billings and Morales’ timesheets show.

— jon lender, courant.com, "Jon Lender: Democrat Who Owes State $29,381 Seeks Election To Legislature," 30 June 2018
As the city of Waukegan switches over to monthly billing and higher water rates take effect, the Waukegan City Council is considering whether to offer water bill rebates to older residents.

— emily k. coleman, Lake County News-Sun, "Waukegan considers water rebate program for lower-income seniors," 25 June 2018
Brown's administration announced that the first program will offer a credential in medical billing and coding.

— jonathan j. cooper, The Christian Science Monitor, "California sees $9 billion surplus, passes budget to help poor," 15 June 2018
About 90 complaints were answered or resolved in the past three years involving Viking, including 59 involving billing or collection issues, according to the BBB.

— susan tompor, USA TODAY, "Tompor: How car renters can protect themselves from unfair damage claims," 8 June 2018
Athenahealth, based in the Boston suburb Watertown, provides billing and other digital services for 114,000 medical providers and stores more than 110 million patient records.

— kate kelly, New York Times, "Bush Scion Is Out as Health Firm’s Chief After Intense Activist Campaign," 6 June 2018
There will still be a few features that only work in Chrome, though, like automatically filling in your billing and shipping information.

— chaim gartenberg, The Verge, "Google Pay now works in web browsers on desktop and iOS," 3 May 2018
At this Lake Tahoe celebrity tournament, the organizers had given him only fifth billing, listing the real estate developer two spots below Ray Romano in their lineup of stars.

— Anchorage Daily News, "‘I have to see you again’: How Trump’s alleged affair with a porn actress spilled into public view," 8 Mar. 2018
But unknown to her, a man who had handled some of her business affairs called the show's producers and demanded that her contract for the third season be renegotiated to include co-star billing and money equal to what Caesar was making.

— mike barnes, Billboard, "Nanette Fabray, Charming Singer, Dancer and Comedienne, Dies at 97," 24 Feb. 2018

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