Billion - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) (syn: million, trillion)
- 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
Extra examples
We could see a billion stars in the sky.
Billions were needed to improve the urban infrastructure.
The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.
3.5 billion years ago
Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion.
Airlines have lost billions of dollars.
A billion stars shone in the night sky.
There are billions of things I want to say.
The project will end up costing the government an estimated 3.5 billion dollars.
Her personal wealth is estimated to be around $10 billion.
The government is facing a deficit of $3 billion.
According to experts' calculations, that star will explode within two billion years.
...the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point...
Five billion dollars is peanuts compared to what the government spends each year.
...Hurricane Andrew ravaged Louisiana and Florida in 1992, causing $19 billion in damage....
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