billable
[bil-uh-buh l]
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adjective
that may or should be billed: Attorneys put in hundreds of billable hours on the case.
noun
an active customer account.
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Origin of billable
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Contemporary Examples of billable
Also, many counselors work on billable hours, so agencies don't lose much money if we take time off.
If your husband is earning $10 million a year, choosing the treadmill of billable hours really is rather bizarre.
billable
adjective
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