billing

noun

bill·​ing ˈbi-liŋ How to pronounce billing (audio)
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

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Qualifying users can claim a free trial; just remember to cancel before the next billing cycle. PC Magazine, 12 July 2025 The letter also stated that Agrawal's billing practices led to the overpayment of $34,623.33. Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025 Remote-reading technologies emerged in the 1980s, allowing utility staff to collect meter readings by driving by, increasing data accuracy, but their inability to provide real-time data meant water waste was only noticed during billing cycles. Stephanie Threinen, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The firm provided credentialing and enrolling, medical coding and billing services for medical practices, court papers say. Ryan Lucas, NPR, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for billing

Word History

Etymology

bill entry 5

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of billing was in 1875

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“Billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billing. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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