Billing

//ˈbɪlɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
Amounts billed. countable, uncountable
2
request for payment of a debt wordnet
3
Accounts receivable. countable, uncountable
4
The tracking of bills and amounts owed; the department within an institution or business that deals with the tracking of bills and amounts owed. countable, uncountable
5
The act or situation of including someone or something among those that make up a complete list. countable, uncountable
"Actors that may have higher status in the industry won't always get top billing: if they only played a bitpart then it would go to the person whose character was the main focus of the movie."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of bill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
A civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough, which includes Great Billing and Little Billing. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

Example

"He gave us an explanation about the new billing system."

Etymology

From the Old English surname, named after Billing in Liverpool, from bil (“double-edged sword”).

Related phrases

Little Billing billing and cooing bulk billing e-billing self-billing star billing top billing value billing accounts receivable

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