billable
/ˈbɪləbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbɪləbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbi-lə-bəl/ (ame, mw)
billable — adjective
- billablepositive
- more billablecomparative
- most billablesuperlative
1. describes work time, services, or costs that a company records and sends to a pa
describes work time, services, or costs that a company records and sends to a particular client as something the client must pay for
Amina recorded forty billable hours for the client contract this week.
collocation: billable hours
The law firm tracks every billable minute that lawyers spend on each case.
collocation: billable minute
Only work done directly for the customer counts as billable under this agreement.
Kenji submitted a list of all billable expenses from the project last month.
Sofia checked whether the consulting fees were billable before sending the invoice.
- chargeable
broader term — can apply to any cost or fee, not only client-facing work
- invoicable
more formal and less common; focuses on the invoice document rather than the billing process
- non-billable
most common antonym in business contexts
- unbillable
less common variant of non-billable
- complimentary
used for services provided free of charge
文法句型
be + billable
billable + noun
用法筆記
Most commonly used attributively before nouns such as hours, work, expenses, and costs. The opposite is non-billable or unbillable.