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

Anyone interested in entering must have an active account with Fine Wine & Good Spirits with up-to-date billing information on file. —Mike Darnay, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026

Even with online billing and banking, there are still magazines, newspapers, school papers, and projects accumulating. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026

Other Southern cities like New Orleans, Louisiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and Key West, Florida earned top 10 billing, and Miami and Miami Beach also earned recognition. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026

Olson is concerned that the legislation would automatically place ratepayers on a budget billing plan, saying that the budget billing is unpopular statewide. —Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 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