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billion
- /ˈbɪljən/
- /ˈbɪ(l)jən/ Australia, colloquial
Rhymes with -ɪljən
number billions
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a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000²): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.
At the last assessment it [the national debt] amounts to seven billion pounds (£7,000,000,000).
Similar: milliard, thousand million
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A million million (logic: 1,000,000²): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²); a thousand milliard.
n = 1,000,000,000,000, that is, = a billion, or the square of a million
Similar: trillion[short scale]]>
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An unspecified very large number.
Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion
Similar: gazillion
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cardinal, a billion, percent, zillion, mcm, mln, cent, billionaire, worth, bln, trillion, bcm, million, millions, thousand, gazillion
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num a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard
| Español | mil millones, billón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 십억 sibeok |
| 日本語 | 十億 jūoku |
| 中文 | 十億 /十亿 shíyì |
| हिन्दी | अरब arab, अर्बुद arbud, अब्ज abj |
| Kiswahili | bilioni |
| Português | mil milhões, bilhão |
| Français | milliard, billion, mille milliards |
| Deutsch | Milliarde |
| Italiano | miliardo |
| Ελληνικά | δισεκατομμύριο disekatommýrio |
| Română | miliard |
| Русский | миллиа́рд milliárd, биллио́н billión |
| Tiếng Việt | một tỉ, tỉ, tỷ |
| العربية | مِلْيَار milyār |
| עברית | מִילְיַארְד milyárd |
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