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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Enroll before the 2nd billing cycle for continued savings. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025 When that user transitioned, usage collapsed and billing followed. Achal Singi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 As an example, Cleve says another Corti customer is a company in Germany that makes software just to help dentists automate billing based on audio transcripts of their sessions with patients. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025 In reality, neither Apple nor these other companies sends billing receipts through DocuSign. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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