reverse billing

noun [U]

Definition

› COMMUNICATIONS a way of charging for phone calls and text messages in which charges are paid by the person receiving them rather than the person making or sending them: We plan to use reverse billing to charge for our regular updating services.

(Definition of reverse billing noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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