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billion
[ bil-yuhn ]
noun
- a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 9 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 12 zeros.
- a very large number:
I've told you so billions of times.
adjective
- equal in number to a billion.
billion
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- one thousand million: it is written as 1 000 000 000 or 10 9
- (formerly, in Britain) one million million: it is written as 1 000 000 000 000 or 10 12
- often plural any exceptionally large number
determiner
- preceded by a or a cardinal number
- amounting to a billion
it seems like a billion years ago
- ( as pronoun )
we have a billion here
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԳٳ, adjectivenoun
Other 51Թ Forms
- lDzԳٳ adjective noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of billion1
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Example Sentences
That, along with higher faculty and staff costs, larger retirement plan contributions and more expensive healthcare, led to projections last year of a UC budget hole of roughly half a billion dollars.
In the last fiscal year, 1.36 billion shipments came to the U.S. under the shipping exemption.
Not taking commissions from outside app purchases could reduce Apple’s revenue by hundreds of millions or billions, the company estimated, according to the 80-page ruling.
Novartis AG agreed to buy US biotech Regulus Therapeutics Inc. in a deal that could be valued at up to $1.7 billion.
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that a fund backed by Abu Dhabi would be making a $2 billion business deal using digital coins from a separate Trump family crypto business.
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