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billion

[ bil-yuhn ]

noun

plural billions, (as after a numeral) billion.
  1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 9 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 12 zeros.
  2. a very large number:

    I've told you so billions of times.



adjective

  1. equal in number to a billion.

billion

/ 藞产瑟濒箩蓹苍 /

noun

  1. one thousand million: it is written as 1聽000聽000聽000 or 10 9
  2. (formerly, in Britain) one million million: it is written as 1聽000聽000聽000聽000 or 10 12
  3. often plural any exceptionally large number
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

determiner

  1. preceded by a or a cardinal number
    1. amounting to a billion

      it seems like a billion years ago

    2. ( as pronoun )

      we have a billion here

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞产颈濒濒颈辞苍迟丑, adjectivenoun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产颈濒顎僱颈辞苍迟丑 adjective noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of billion1

1680鈥90; < French, equivalent to b ( i )- bi- 1 + -illion, as in million
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of billion1

C17: from French, from bi- 1+ -llion as in million
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During Australia's election campaign, both main parties have pledged billions of dollars for housing, healthcare and energy - aimed at easing cost pressures for citizens.

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It said it was among its most popular and fastest growing features, with over one billion web searches in the last week.

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County Chief Executive Fesia Davenport said the union鈥檚 initial salary proposals could have cost the county billions.

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"That is why we are changing the law to help clear the backlog, end the use of asylum hotels and save billions of pounds for the taxpayer."

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With billions in damages, the Palisades fire may be the costliest disaster in L.A. history.

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