billion

Plural: billions

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
• a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
• the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
• pl. -S a number

Adjective Satellite

• denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
• denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain

Num

• Either of two large amounts:
• a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000²): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.
• Either of two large amounts:
• A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,000²): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²); a thousand milliard.
• An unspecified very large number.

Examples

• "There were billions of people at the concert."

Synonyms

1000000000, 1000000000000, gazillion, jillion, million, one million million, one thousand million, trillion, zillion, milliard, thousand million, trillion[short scale]]>

Related Words

-illion, Previous: milliard. Next billiard., Previous: million. Next trillion., coined after the series million, coined at same time, gazillion, giga-, quadrillion, same origin, trillion, zillion