Meaning of BILLION
| Pronunciation: | | 'bilyun
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- [n] (in the United States) the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
- [n] (in Britain) the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros
- [adj] (U.S.) denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units; (Britain) denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units
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| | Synonyms: | | 1000000000, 1000000000000, a billion, cardinal, one million million, one thousand million |
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| | See Also: | | large integer, milliard | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bil"lion\, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L.
bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See {Million}.]
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}.
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| | Related Terms: | | a billion, a crore, a lakh, a million, a myriad, a nonillion, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, astronomical number, googol, googolplex, infinitude, infinity, jillion, large number, milliard, trillion, zillion |
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