billing

[ bil-ing ]

/ ˈbɪl ɪŋ /

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noun

the relative position in which a performer or act is listed on handbills, posters, etc.: A star usually receives billing above the title of the play.

advertising; publicity: The show was a sellout weeks ahead of the opening because of advance billing.

the amount of business done by a firm, especially an advertising agency, within a specified period of time.

an act or instance of preparing or sending out a bill or invoice.

the total amount of the cost of goods or services billed to a customer, usually covering purchases made or services rendered within a specified period of time.

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Origin of billing

First recorded in 1870–75; bill¹ + -ing¹

Words nearby billing

billiard parlor, billiard room, billiard table, billiards, billie, billing, billing cycle, billing machine, billings, billings method, billingsgate

Definition for billing (2 of 3)

bill¹

[ bil ]

/ bɪl /

noun

a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.

a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten-dollar bill.

Government. a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.

bill of exchange.

a written or printed public notice or advertisement.

any written paper containing a statement of particulars: a bill of expenditures.

Law. a written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court.

Slang. one hundred dollars: The job pays five bills a week.

playbill.

entertainment scheduled for presentation; program: a good bill at the movies.

Obsolete.

a promissory note.
a written and sealed document.
a written, formal petition.

verb (used with object)

to charge for by bill; send a bill to: The store will bill me.

to enter (charges) in a bill; make a bill or list of: to bill goods.

to advertise by bill or public notice: A new actor was billed for this week.

to schedule on a program: The management billed the play for two weeks.

Origin of bill

1300–50; Middle English bille < Anglo-French < Anglo-Latin billa for Late Latin bulla bull²

SYNONYMS FOR bill

1 reckoning, invoice, statement.

5 bulletin, handbill, poster, placard, announcement, circular, throwaway, flyer, broadside.

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OTHER WORDS FROM bill

bill·er, noun

Definition for billing (3 of 3)

bill²

[ bil ]

/ bɪl /

noun

the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.

the visor of a cap or other head covering.

a beaklike promontory or headland.

verb (used without object)

to join bills or beaks, as doves.

Origin of bill

before 1000; Middle English bile, bille, Old English bile beak, trunk; akin to bill³

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They all insist that Health Republic/MagnaCare had not told their billing departments that I was out of network.
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The customer-service representative said they had notified the billing service used by my doctors that I was not “in network.”
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Another started an “Ideal Clinic” in New York where volunteers help her do the billing.
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Statoil told ProPublica that it sells its gas independently and makes decisions about billing separately from Chesapeake.
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Even so, the roles are usually supporting ones, around seventh, eighth, or ninth billing.
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"Very pleased to meet you, Mr. Billing," said Lionel mechanically.
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High affairs of State are not settled in a week, nor dukes so apt at billing as a pair of girls.
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Mr. Billing's taunt threw him back to an earlier, a very early stage of development.
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I wish I hadn't been obliged to send Gallagher off alone with Billing.
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The two doves upon the crucifix continued their billing and cooing.
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British Dictionary definitions for billing (1 of 5)

billing

/ (ˈbɪlɪŋ) /

noun

theatre the relative importance of a performer or act as reflected in the prominence given in programmes, advertisements, etc

mainly US and Canadian public notice or advertising (esp in the phrase advance billing)

British Dictionary definitions for billing (2 of 5)

bill¹

/ (bɪl) /

noun

money owed for goods or services suppliedan electricity bill

a written or printed account or statement of money owed

mainly British such an account for food and drink in a restaurant, hotel, etcUsual US and Canadian word: check

any printed or written list of items, events, etc, such as a theatre programmewho's on the bill tonight?

fit the bill or fill the bill informal to serve or perform adequately

a statute in draft, before it becomes law

a printed notice or advertisement; poster

US and Canadian a piece of paper money; note

an obsolete name for promissory note

law See bill of indictment

See bill of exchange

See bill of fare

archaic any document

verb (tr)

to send or present an account for payment to (a person)

to enter (items, goods, etc) on an account or statement

to advertise by posters

to schedule as a future programmethe play is billed for next week

Word Origin for bill

C14: from Anglo-Latin billa, alteration of Late Latin bulla document, bull ³

British Dictionary definitions for billing (3 of 5)

bill²

/ (bɪl) /

noun

the mouthpart of a bird, consisting of projecting jaws covered with a horny sheath; beak. It varies in shape and size according to the type of food eaten and may also be used as a weapon

any beaklike mouthpart in other animals

a narrow promontoryPortland Bill

nautical the pointed tip of the fluke of an anchor

verb (intr)

(of birds, esp doves) to touch bills together

(of lovers) to kiss and whisper amorously

Word Origin for bill

Old English bile; related to bill bill ³

British Dictionary definitions for billing (4 of 5)

bill³

/ (bɪl) /

noun

a pike or halberd with a narrow hooked blade

short for billhook

Word Origin for bill

Old English bill sword, related to Old Norse bīldr instrument used in blood-letting, Old High German bil pickaxe

British Dictionary definitions for billing (5 of 5)

bill⁴

/ (bɪl) /

noun

ornithol another word for boom 1 (def. 4)

Word Origin for bill

C18: from dialect beel bell ² (vb)

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Idioms and Phrases with billing

bill

see clean bill of health; fill the bill; foot the bill; sell a bill of goods.

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