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

There was even a glossary of diagnosis codes that are used for billing. —Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025

The steps are clear—final vitals, medication instructions, billing, transport. —Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

One such subpoena was made public last month, demanding extensive access to minor patients’ billing records and insurance information as well as personnel records from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). —Samantha Riedel, Them., 10 Sep. 2025

Travel companies are using artificial intelligence to automate billing for things like rental car damage, hotel fees, and airline tickets. —Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 9 Sep. 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