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Billion

Billion Meaning & Definition
Billion Definition And Meaning

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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