Look up: billion

1. Billion
   A billion is a thousand million. Multicellular life evolved on Earth about a billion years ago.
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2. Billion
   In the U.S., 109. In other countries using SI, 1012.
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3. billion
   [adj] - (U.S.) denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units 2. [n] - (in Britain) the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros 3. [n] - (in the United States) the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
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4. Billion
   1 000 000 000 - one thousand million.
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5. Billion
   A number equal to 10⁹. See also: Million, Trillion.
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6. billion
   American term equivalent to one thousand million in the U.K. and Europe,10 9 Category: Management in the public and private sector • a million millions. Category: Standards, measures and testing
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7. Billion
   Bil'lion noun [ French billion , arbitrarily formed from Latin 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; acco...
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8. billion
   adjective denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
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9. billion
   one thousand million noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
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10. billion
    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
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11. billion
    jillion noun a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); `there were millions of flies`
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12. Billion
    • (n.) 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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13. Billion
    Formerly a billion was one thousand million (10 to the 9th power) in the USA and France and one million (10 to the 12th power) in Britain and Germany. It is now almost universally taken to be one thousand million.
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14. billion
    Cardinal number represented by a 1 followed by nine zeros (1,000,000,000 or 10⁹), equivalent to a thousand million
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15. Billion
    (company) `Billion Electric Co. Ltd.` (Taiex: #3027), based in Taiwan, was founded in 1973. Billion is a provider of network equipment and power supply products in the Asia Pacific rim. Since its Communication Division was established in 1992, Billion has reinforced its investment in developi...
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