"billback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: billbacks [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from bill back. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} billback (countable and uncountable, plural billbacks)
  1. (accounting) The process of charging the client for a portion of the cost of resources that the client has used in order to recover the capital expense. Wikipedia link: billback Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting Related terms: clawback, getback, payback, takeback

Inflected forms

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