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bill⋅a⋅ble

  [bil-uh-buhl]
Use billable in a Sentence
–adjective
1. that may or should be billed: Attorneys put in hundreds of billable hours on the case.
–noun
2. an active customer account.
Origin:
1570–80; bill 1 + -able
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bill 1   (bĭl)   
n.  
  1. An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.
  2. A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.
  3. The entertainment offered by a theater.
  4. A public notice, such as an advertising poster.
    1. A piece of legal paper money: a ten-dollar bill.
    2. Slang One hundred dollars.
    3. A bill of exchange.
    4. Obsolete A promissory note.
    5. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
    6. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
    1. A bill of exchange.
    2. Obsolete A promissory note.
    3. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
    4. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
    1. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
    2. The law enacted from such a draft: a bottle bill in effect in three states; the GI Bill.
  8. Law A document presented to a court and containing a formal statement of a case, complaint, or petition.
tr.v.   billed, bill·ing, bills
  1. To present a statement of costs or charges to.
  2. To enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list.
    1. To advertise or schedule by public notice or as part of a program.
    2. To declare or describe officially; proclaim: a policy that was billed as an important departure for the administration.

[Middle English bille, from Norman French, from Medieval Latin billa, alteration of bulla, seal on a document, from Latin, bubble.]
bill'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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