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

Recent Examples on the Web Tasks related to this job include monitoring safety training, organizing meeting agendas and managing vendor billing records. Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024 Device may need to be in billing region in order to view. Anna Tingley, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024 Environmental advocates say Torontonians already pay to manage storm and floodwater, and point out the current billing system lacks equity because it is based on the amount of water usage. David Cox, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2024 But Brown is a homegrown star who has lived up to his first-round billing. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024 That includes maintaining poles, wires and power lines in their respective transmission and distribution systems, plus handling customer services, such as billing. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024 Apple’s App Store ecosystem generated $1.1 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2022, according to Analysis Group. Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024 When clearinghouses and health care payment systems are targeted, billing and payment issues can persist for months. The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2024 The Alliant Cashback Visa Signature card, for example, caps its 2.5% reward rate to $10,000 in eligible purchases per billing cycle. Rob Berger, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

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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

Cite this Entry

“Billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billing. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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