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unbillable

unbillable

1 5.9
Not able to be charged to a client for payment
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbɪləbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no facturable
  • Employees should strive to minimize their unbillable time to improve overall efficiency.

Examples

  • We have weekly goals for billable and unbillable hours (client work vs. internal projects), and being able to monitor our time by manager allows us to make mid-week modifications to be sure we're hitting our goals.

    Blog text (3)

  • Second, many families obtain water through unbillable mechanisms, such as buying water outside the home.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Have people like Art any idea how much (unbillable) time this has saved us?

    Blog text (23)

  • It has turned otherwise unbillable time into very productive time.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Some customers will designate the overages in their tracked time as unbillable so their client invoices don't jump through the ceiling.

    Blog text (20)

  • The company tracks billable and unbillable hours to ensure accurate client invoicing.

  • During the meeting, we discussed how to manage unbillable hours without affecting productivity.

Synonyms

nonbillable
vsunbillable
  • Specialized
5.9

Time or work you do not charge to a client

means the same but frames it as inability rather than eligibility

Antonyms

billable
  • Specialized
10 4.0

Work or hours that can be charged to a client

How Billable

billable
  • Specialized
10 4.0
unbillable
  • Specialized
1 5.9

Surface Forms

unbillable positive

Morphology

unbillable = billable (transparent) = un + bill + able

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'billable' ('bill' + '-able'), so the negated meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word unbillable breaks into un- 'not' and billable, which itself comes from bill 'an invoice' and -able 'able to be'. So unbillable means work or time you cannot charge to a client.