About The Word Billion
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Billion
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What's The Definition Of Billion?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Billion: 1000000000 | 1000000000000 | a billion | cardinal | one million million | one thousand million Related Terms | Find terms related to Billion: 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 See Also | large integer | milliard Billion In Webster's Dictionary \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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