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billing

/ˈbɪlɪŋ/

billing is the present participle and gerund of bill.

Noun

billing (countable and uncountable, plural billings)

  1. Amounts billed.
  2. Accounts receivable.
  3. The tracking of bills and amounts owed; the department within an institution or business that deals with the tracking of bills and amounts owed.
  4. The act or situation of including someone or something among those that make up a complete list.
    • 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.2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, The Art of Movies
    • When Corbyn finally gave a speech – in a stunning piece of billing that could only happen at Glastonbury, he appeared between hip-hop duo Run the Jewels and Southampton’s foremost R&B loverman Craig David – the crowd brought the entire area around the Pyramid stage to a standstill2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian

Meaning of bill

Verb (1)

bill (third-person singular simple present bills, present participle billing, simple past and past participle billed)

  1. (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
    • [...] it will be recalled that in 1960 they were billed as the long-distance express multiple-units of the future, [...].1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “First impressions of the Clacton electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 260
    Synonyms:
    placard
  2. (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.
    • The physician explains that this is an option for her and that she can sign the facility's ABN so that if Medicare denies the claim, the facility can bill her for the scan.1989, Michelle Green, Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement
    Synonyms:
    charge

Verb (2)

bill (third-person singular simple present bills, present participle billing, simple past and past participle billed)

  1. (obsolete) to peck
  2. to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness
    • As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Verb (3)

bill (third-person singular simple present bills, present participle billing, simple past and past participle billed)

  1. (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

Verb (4)

bill (third-person singular simple present bills, present participle billing, simple past and past participle billed)

  1. (UK, ambitransitive, slang) To roll up a marijuana cigarette.
    • And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour me a glass of the Henny on the rocks2016 February 14, Joseph Adenuga, Darren Dixon, Tariq Devega, “Ladies Hit Squad” (track 6), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta ft. D Double E and ASAP Nast, Boy Better Know

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Proper noun capitalized: Billing

Billing (countable and uncountable, plural Billings)

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

Forms of billing

Noun
pluralbillings
Proper noun
pluralBillings

Origin of billing

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

Words formed from billing

Phrases with billing

Words that rhyme with billing

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Questions about billing

What does billing mean?
Billing means amounts billed.
What is billing the present participle and gerund of?
Billing is the present participle and gerund of bill.
What part of speech is billing?
Billing can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce billing?
Billing is pronounced /ˈbɪlɪŋ/.
What is the plural of billing?
The plural of billing is billings.

Words near billing in the dictionary

  1. billikens
  2. billikin
  3. billikins
  4. Billilingra
  5. Billimari
  6. billing
  7. billing and cooing
  8. billing up
  9. Billingborough
  10. Billinge
  11. Billinger

Source and license

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