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

So far in 2026, the Skippers have lived up to the billing. —Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026

Each participant receives eight one-on-one sessions over three months, with the provider billing Hella Good Deeds directly. —Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026

The inspector general also provided information on the outlier physicians to CMS and encouraged the agency to work with its program integrity team to review their billing patterns. —Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 29 May 2026

Like Van Ness, Morgan is a former first-round pick who hasn’t yet lived up to that billing but has a chance to do so this season while playing the most pivotal role of his career so far. —Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 28 May 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