top billing

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nounTheater.
  1. the first or most prominent position in a list of actors or entertainers, as on a marquee or screen.

Origin of top billing

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First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use top billing in a sentence

  • Dane tried to visualize a scene in which he shared top billing with Queex and shuddered.

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