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bill⋅ing

[bil-ing]

–noun

1.	the relative position in which a performer or act is listed on handbills, posters, etc.: A star usually receives billing above the title of the play.

2.	advertising; publicity: The show was a sellout weeks ahead of the opening because of advance billing.

3.	the amount of business done by a firm, esp. an advertising agency, within a specified period of time.

4.	an act or instance of preparing or sending out a bill or invoice.

5.	the total amount of the cost of goods or services billed to a customer, usually covering purchases made or services rendered within a specified period of time.

Origin:
1870–75; bill ¹ + -ing ¹

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bill

1 [bil]

–noun

1.	a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied: He paid the hotel bill when he checked out.

2.	a piece of paper money worth a specified amount: a ten-dollar bill.

3.	Government. a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law.

4.	bill of exchange.

5.	a written or printed public notice or advertisement.

6.	any written paper containing a statement of particulars: a bill of expenditures.

7.	Law. a written statement, usually of complaint, presented to a court.

8.	Slang. one hundred dollars: The job pays five bills a week.

playbill.

10.	entertainment scheduled for presentation; program: a good bill at the movies.

11.

Obsolete.

a.	a promissory note.

b.	a written and sealed document.

c.	a written, formal petition.

–verb (used with object)

12.	to charge for by bill; send a bill to: The store will bill me.

13.	to enter (charges) in a bill; make a bill or list of: to bill goods.

14.	to advertise by bill or public notice: A new actor was billed for this week.

15.	to schedule on a program: The management billed the play for two weeks.

—Idiom

16.	fill the bill, to fulfill the purpose or need well: As a sprightly situation comedy this show fills the bill.

Origin:
1300–50; ME bille < AF < AL billa for LL bulla bull ²

Related forms:

biller, noun

Synonyms:
1. reckoning, invoice, statement. 5. bulletin, handbill, poster, placard, announcement, circular, throwaway, flyer, broadside.

bill

2 [bil]

–noun

1.	the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.

2.	the visor of a cap or other head covering.

3.	a beaklike promontory or headland.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to join bills or beaks, as doves.

—Idiom

5.	bill and coo, to kiss or fondle and whisper endearments, as lovers: My sister and her boyfriend were billing and cooing on the front porch.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bile, bille, OE bile beak, trunk; akin to bill ³

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bill¹ (bĭl)

An itemized list or statement of fees or charges.
A statement or list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu.
The entertainment offered by a theater.
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.
Law A document presented to a court and containing a formal statement of a case, complaint, or petition.

tr.v. billed, bill·ing, bills

To present a statement of costs or charges to.
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.

bill² (bĭl)

The horny part of the jaws of a bird; a beak.
A beaklike mouth part, such as that of a turtle.
The visor of a cap.
Nautical The tip of the fluke of an anchor.

intr.v. billed, bill·ing, bills
To touch beaks together.

[Middle English, from Old English bile.]

bill·ing (bĭl'ĭng)

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.
Advertising; promotion: The product needed better billing to outsell its competition.
The total amount of business done in a specific period, as by an advertising agency or a law firm. Often used in the plural.

Billing

Bill"ing\, a. & n. Caressing; kissing.

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