billing
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bill·ing
(bĭl′ĭng)n.
1. The relative importance of performers as indicated by the position and type size in which their names are listed on programs, theater marquees, or advertisements: top billing.
2. Advertising; promotion: The product needed better billing to outsell its competition.
3. often billings The total amount of business done in a specific period, as by an advertising agency or a law firm.
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billing
(ˈbɪlɪŋ)n
1. theatre the relative importance of a performer or act as reflected in the prominence given in programmes, advertisements, etc
2. chiefly US and Canadian public notice or advertising (esp in the phrase advance billing)
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bill•ing
(ˈbɪl ɪŋ)n.
1. the listing of the name of a performer, act, or the like, on a marquee, poster, handbill, etc., esp. in regard to prominence: got top billing.
2. advertising; publicity: Advance billing made the show a sellout.
3. the preparing or sending out of bills or invoices.
4. the amount of business done by a firm within a specified period of time.
5. the cost of goods or services billed to a customer.
[1870–75]
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Noun | 1. | billing - request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" presentment - a document that must be accepted and paid by another person |
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billing
1 [ˈbɪlɪŋ] N (Theat) to get top billing → ser la atracción principal, encabezar el repartobilling
2 [ˈbɪlɪŋ] N billing and cooing (fig) → besuqueo m, caricias fplCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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billing
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