What does billion mean?
Definitions for billion
ˈbɪl yənbil·lion
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word billion.
Princeton's WordNet
billion, one million million, 1000000000000(noun)
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
million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion(noun)
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
"there were millions of flies"
billion, one thousand million, 1000000000(adj)
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
billion(adj)
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
billion(adj)
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
Webster Dictionary
Billion(noun)
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Billion
bil′yun, n. a million or thousand thousand of millions (1,000,000,000,000); or, according to the French method of numeration, one thousand millions (1,000,000,000). [L. bi-, twice, and Million.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'billion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2140
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'billion' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3868
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'billion' in Nouns Frequency: #913
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of billion in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of billion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of billion in a Sentence
They're spending $ 110 billion on military equipment and on things that create jobs... for this country, i don't like the concept of stopping an investment of $ 110 billion into the United States, because you know what they're going to do ? They're going to take that money and spend it in Russia or China or someplace else.
If they have a choice between a diamond that was created three billion years ago by nature and one grown in a factory last week, customers want the real thing.
Yes we need another $250 billion, but I don't want it to just go out under the same rules. There have got to be some changes so little guys can access it.
There is also close collaboration between the AU team and the World Bank to ensure that member states are able to access about $5 billion either to buy more vaccines or pay for delivery of vaccines committed on their behalf by Afreximbank.
The 6.5 billion (euros) apply to the recall, i can only speculate about any further provisions. Should there be a change in sales volumes, we would react rapidly.
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Translations for billion
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- miljardAfrikaans
- مليار, تريليونArabic
- milyardAzerbaijani
- мільярдBelarusian
- милиардBulgarian
- বিলিয়নBengali
- miliardBreton
- bilió, miliard, mil milióCatalan, Valencian
- bilión, miliardaCzech
- milliardDanish
- Milliarde, BillionGerman
- τρισεκατομμύριο, δισεκατομμύριοGreek
- miliardo, duilionoEsperanto
- millardo, mil millones, billónSpanish
- miljardEstonian
- bilioi, miliar, mila milioiBasque
- تریلیون, بیلیون, میلیاردPersian
- biljoona, miljardiFinnish
- billion, milliard, milliards, millionsFrench
- מיליארדHebrew
- अरब, एक अरबHindi
- milliárdHungarian
- միլիարդArmenian
- milliardoInterlingua
- milyarIndonesian
- milljarðaIcelandic
- miliardoItalian
- 兆, 十億Japanese
- მილიარდიGeorgian
- миллиардKazakh
- រយកោដិKhmer
- 십억, 十億Korean
- миллиардKyrgyz
- ຕື້, ພັນລ້ານLao
- milijardasLithuanian
- miljardsLatvian
- милијардаMacedonian
- тэрбумMongolian
- miliar, ribu juta, seribu juta, bilionMalay
- biljunMaltese
- ပကောဋိBurmese
- biljoen, miljardDutch
- milliardNorwegian
- biyóónNavajo, Navaho
- miliard, bilionPolish
- bilião, trilhão, bilhãoPortuguese
- llunaQuechua
- milliard, milliardaRomansh
- miliardRomanian
- миллиард, биллион, триллионRussian
- милијарда, milijardaSerbo-Croatian
- miliarda, biliónSlovak
- milijardaSlovene
- miliardëAlbanian
- triljon, biljon, miljardSwedish
- bilioniSwahili
- миллиардTajik
- พันล้านThai
- milliardTurkmen
- milyarTurkish
- миллиардTatar
- мільярдUkrainian
- مِلْيُن, اربUrdu
- milliardUzbek
- tỉ, tỷVietnamese
- 十億Chinese
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