billable

American  

[bil-uh-buhl] / ˈbɪl ə bəl /

adjective

1. that may or should be billed: bill: billed.

   Attorneys put in hundreds of billable hours on the case.

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noun

1. an active customer account.

billable British  

/ ˈbɪləbəl /

adjective

1. referring to time worked, esp by a lawyer, on behalf of a particular client and for which that client will be expected to pay

   a timesheet of my billable hours

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Other Word Forms

• nonbillable adjective
• unbillable adjective

Etymology

Origin of billable

First recorded in 1570–80; bill ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

What Jelks didn’t yet understand was that his work could have been billable hours, and with Whitten — who worked on designs and then sent an invoice to the tearful accountant, rather than designing from a predetermined budget — every little detail added up.

From Los Angeles Times

The Kardashian vehicle keeps that consumerist energy, updating the sentiment with a thick slathering of capitalist feminism that equates a woman’s power to her billable rate.

From Salon

The vetters - campaign officials and lawyers who volunteer their billable hours for the networking and prestige - often have about a month to dig up every grain of dirt they can find.

From BBC

Cunningham argued, since more defendants means a bigger and larger case that creates more billable time.

From Slate

Defining “reasonable” will assuredly require more billable hours, but Libey made his opinion clear.

From Seattle Times