Billion

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  • noun. The cardinal number equal to 109.
  • noun. The cardinal number equal to 1012.
  • noun. An indefinitely large number.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In Great Britain, a million of millions; as many millions as there are units in a million (1,000,000,000,000).
  • noun. In France and the United States, a thousand millions (1,000,000,000).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See numeration.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109.
  • noun. A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.
  • noun. A very large number.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
  • adjective. denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
  • noun. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
  • adjective. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
  • noun. the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
    • Word Usage
    "Mega projects involve billion$ and as we learned in the Mulroney-Schreiber exposé, billion dollar projects involve big commissions and not all of those commissions are above board."
    cross-reference
    Next  billiard  milliard  million  trillion  
    Equivalent
    cardinal  
    has_topic
    Business & Economy  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    large indefinite amount  large indefinite quantity  large integer  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brazilian  Jillian  Killian  Lilian  brazilian  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    eon  millennium  million  ten  thousand  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    a billion  a crore  a lakh  a million  a myriad  
    variant
    numeration  
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