billed
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of billed
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at bill 2, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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The deal means that Chime, which was founded in 2012 and has billed itself as a challenger to traditional banks such as JPMorgan Chase, will become a bank itself.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Dodgers billed the Angels for cleaning windows of offices that had no windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Now, they hand the work to a program that breaks the task into steps, tests each one and retries what failed — routing through several models that are each billed separately.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
UNC billed the investigation as a way to evaluate claims through an “independent, impartial lens,” but it also retained a SCiLL critic as its expert consultant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The outdoor concert was joyfully billed as “three days of peace and music.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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