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 Definitions of billion  [ˈbɪl yən]  

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Definition of 'billion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) billion
a cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 9 zeroes; a thousand millions.

2.  billion
(in Great Britain) a cardinal number represented by 1 followed by 12 zeroes; a million millions.

3.  billion
any vaguely large number:
I've told you a billion times.

4. (adj.) billion
equal in number to a billion.

Etymology:  (1680–90; < F)

Definition of 'billion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) billion, one million million, 1000000000000
the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen

2. (noun) million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
"there were millions of flies"

3. (adj) billion, one thousand million, 1000000000
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros

4. (adj) billion
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States

5. (adj) billion
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain


Definition of 'billion' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1.  billion
1,000,000,000
more than three billion dollars; "How many?" "A billion."; billions of atoms


Definition of 'billion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) billion
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


Translation of 'billion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000
a billion; several billion.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: biljoen, miljard Arabic flag Arabic: بليون Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: билион, ам. Милиард
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bilhão Czech flag Czech: bilion; miliarda German flag German: die Billion; die Milliard
Danish flag Danish: billion; milliard Greek flag Greek: δισεκατομμύριο, τρισεκατο Spanish flag Spanish: billón; millardo (Estados
Estonian flag Estonian: biljon, miljard Farsi flag Farsi: یک میلیارد Finnish flag Finnish: miljardi
French flag French: billion; (É.-U.) milliard Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִיליָארד Hindi flag Hindi: अमेरिका में एक अरब
Croatian flag Croatian: milijarda Hungarian flag Hungarian: GB billió, US milliárd Indonesian flag Indonesian: bilyun, milyar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: biljón (miljón miljónir); Italian flag Italian: bilione, miliardo Japanese flag Japanese: 10億 (英国で時に兆)
Korean flag Korean: (미국) 10억 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bilijonas, milijardas Latvian flag Latvian: miljards: 109; Lielbritān
Malay flag Malay: bilion Dutch flag Dutch: biljoen Norwegian flag Norwegian: billion (en million milli
Polish flag Polish: bilion, miliard Persian flag Persian: یک میلیارد Portuguese flag Portuguese: bilião
Romanian flag Romanian: miliard Russian flag Russian: триллион; миллиард Slovak flag Slovak: bilión; miliarda
Slovenian flag Slovenian: bilijon; (ZDA) milijarda Serbian flag Serbian: milijarda Swedish flag Swedish: biljon, miljard
Thai flag Thai: ล้านล้าน (อังกฤษ); พันล้า Turkish flag Turkish: milyar Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (數量)萬億(英舊用法),十億(英美常用)
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: більйон; мільярд Urdu flag Urdu: ایک کھرب Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: một nghìn tỉ (Anh, Đức),
Chinese flag Chinese: (数量)万亿(英旧用法),十亿(英美常用)

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