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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The Dodgers, meanwhile, finally lived up to their billing in September, finishing the season with 15 wins in their last 20 games.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately for the team and the player, Johnson was never able to live up to his draft billing.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
The nation’s medical billing setup is already prone to errors due to its complexity, according to Barak Richman, a law professor at George Washington University and a senior scholar at Stanford Medicine who has studied medical debt collection practices in several states.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the actors branch decides and Focus has to be careful not to risk being accused of category fraud for a performance with equal billing to co-star Jessie Buckley, who admittedly carries the emotional weight of the film.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately for the team and the player, Johnson was never able to live up to his draft billing.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
The nation’s medical billing setup is already prone to errors due to its complexity, according to Barak Richman, a law professor at George Washington University and a senior scholar at Stanford Medicine who has studied medical debt collection practices in several states.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, the actors branch decides and Focus has to be careful not to risk being accused of category fraud for a performance with equal billing to co-star Jessie Buckley, who admittedly carries the emotional weight of the film.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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