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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Ultimately, Roan’s Lollapalooza performance broke an attendance record for the largest day crowd ever seen in the event’s 30-plus-year history — without a headline billing.
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Automation technology can help send e-invoices and reminders (more on this later) and remove instances of human error from the payment processes by simplifying the billing of clients.
—Dmytro Spilka, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The company is seeing 20 percent annual gains on total billings, according to von Bismarck.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Though titled Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… on Netflix and labeled a comedy special, Foxx’s reveal is bigger than its billing.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Automation technology can help send e-invoices and reminders (more on this later) and remove instances of human error from the payment processes by simplifying the billing of clients.
—Dmytro Spilka, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The company is seeing 20 percent annual gains on total billings, according to von Bismarck.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Though titled Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… on Netflix and labeled a comedy special, Foxx’s reveal is bigger than its billing.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billing. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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