billing

noun

bill·​ing ˈbi-liŋ 

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

With full transparency, employers can ensure their health plans maintain billing and payment integrity, spot overcharges, and reverse runaway premiums. —Jordan Bruneau, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026

Barkley has largely lived up to the billing, running for 8,356 yards and 55 touchdowns in his eight seasons. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026

Finally, the village reached a settlement with Chicago regarding payments for past due water billing, and the last of those payments will be made in December 2026, according to the plan. —Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

The company expanded access to its online billing portal so Vietnamese businesses and individual shippers can work with FedEx representatives on invoices and customer support and access payment flexibility. —Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

bill entry 5

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing billing

• top billing

Rhymes for billing

• chilling
• drilling
• filling
• grilling
• killing
• milling
• pilling
• rilling
• schilling
• shilling
• skilling
• spilling