billable
/ˈbɪləbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbɪləbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbi-lə-bəl/ (ame, mw)
billable — 形容詞
- billablepositive
- more billablecomparative
- most billablesuperlative
1. describes work time, services, or costs that a company records and sends to a pa
可收費的
可向客戶收取費用
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.
Amina 本週記錄了四十小時可向客戶收費的工作時數。
collocation: billable hours
The law firm tracks every billable minute that lawyers spend on each case.
這間律師事務所追蹤律師處理每個案件時使用的每一分鐘可收費時間。
collocation: billable minute
Only work done directly for the customer counts as billable under this agreement.
只有直接為客戶所做的工作才依此協議列為可收費項目。
Kenji submitted a list of all billable expenses from the project last month.
Kenji 提交了上個月專案中所有可收費支出的清單。
Sofia checked whether the consulting fees were billable before sending the invoice.
Sofia 先確認了顧問費是否屬於可收費項目，然後才寄出帳單。
- 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.