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

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Price may include autopay and paperless billing discounts. Kara McGinley, USA Today, 25 July 2025 Working Within Complex Pricing And Claims Rules One of the challenges is the integration of new tech into strict hospital billing and compliance processes. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025 Both the Wall Street Journal and STAT News have published stories that call into question UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices and noted other government probes into the company. Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 24 July 2025 The Journal said in February, citing anonymous sources, that the probe focused on billing practices in recent months. Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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