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billing

billing

92 2.5
Asking for payment for goods or services
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪlɪŋ/
translation icon : facturación
  • We'll set up billing.
  • billing system
  • billing cycle
  • monthly billing

Examples

  • So we'll enable billing and we'll need to create a billing account.

  • She didn't like sharing the billing with me.

  • That is not just a billing address.

  • You know, I might be able to get you a billing address.

  • We were hoping you would have a legal name or a billing address.

  • Last week, the billing was transferred to one Robin Harris.

  • "But I suppose the business office got some details for billing," Marissa said.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The utility billing system was upgraded to ensure timely billing and collection of payments from delinquent accounts.

    Academic text (2017)
  • All correspondence, billing and payments go through a P.O. Box in the Cayman Islands.

  • The utility billing system was upgraded to ensure timely billing and collection of payments from delinquent accounts.

Antonyms

3 4.1

Someone does not pay money they owe

Compounds

7 6.2

The most important name that appears first in ads or credits

1 5.8

An important credit that names the main actor in a show

How Formal

notice
  • Formal
276 3.4
invoice
50 3.3
billing
92 2.5
solicitation
  • Formal
19 5.8

Surface Forms

billing singular
billings plural

Morphology

billing = bill (transparent) = bill + ing

Standard nominalization/gerund formation from the verb 'bill' meaning charging or invoicing; learners who know 'bill' and '-ing' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Billing comes from the simple word bill, which originally meant 'a written note asking for payment'. So billing is the act of sending those 'bills' to request money for goods or services.