"topbill" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: topbills [present, singular, third-person], topbilling [participle, present], topbilled [participle, past], topbilled [past]
Etymology: From top + bill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|top|bill}} top + bill Head templates: {{en-verb}} topbill (third-person singular simple present topbills, present participle topbilling, simple past and past participle topbilled)
  1. (transitive) To star in; to be the leading actor or actress in (a series, etc.). Tags: Philippines, especially, transitive
    Sense id: en-topbill-en-verb-PRU5F3ne Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. (transitive) To give top billing to. Tags: Philippines, especially, transitive Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-topbill-en-verb-8xssWcP0 Disambiguation of Television: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Philippine English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Philippine English: 34 66

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To give top billing to."
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Download raw JSONL data for topbill meaning in English (2.0kB)

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