Billion

What do we mean by billion?

The cardinal number equal to 109. noun

The cardinal number equal to 1012. noun

An indefinitely large number. noun

In Great Britain, a million of millions; as many millions as there are units in a million (1,000,000,000,000). noun

In France and the United States, a thousand millions (1,000,000,000). 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. noun

A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109. noun

A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012. noun

A very large number. noun

The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros noun

Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain adjective

A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) noun

Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States adjective

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 noun

(modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard

(British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012

An unspecified very large number.

America and most other non-british-colonized countries (let's not debate about that): 1,000,000,000 : 1 thousand Million Australia, The Uk etc. : 1,000,000,000,000 : 1 Million Million Urban Dictionary

Most everywhere: One thousand millions; 1,000,000,000 Also meant to exaggerate. Urban Dictionary

In English speaking countries means 10^9, in all other languages and countries except Brazilian Portuguese means 10^12. This is because English speaking nations use the short scale, where new notation is used when multiplied by 1000, rather than the long scale where its when multiplied by a million. Urban Dictionary

A pair of millions, that is, two (2) million. Subsequent prefixes mean 3 million (trillion), 4 million (quadrillion), etc. Urban Dictionary

A thousand millions Urban Dictionary

I believe in the UK a "billion" means a million millions (e.g. 10^12 rather than 10^9) Urban Dictionary

How many people Lex Luthor is going to kill. Urban Dictionary

To make something a billion times better. Urban Dictionary

A derisive term for computer geeks who proffer 3 fundamental beliefs: 1) Microsoft can do no wrong and is right and admirable to pursue dominance by any means necessary. 2) There are NO other viable computing/development platforms. 3) That successful marketing by Microsoft has not influenced their computing/technology choices. The term "Billion" is a combination of 'Bill' (Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and it's most recognizable face) and 'Legion'. So, "billion" = "Bill's Legions." Also, it's a play on the idea that such people eagerly add billions of dollars to Mr. Gates' fortunes. Urban Dictionary

A made up number Keanu Reeves decided to bet for Final Jeopardy. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to billion:
billion, million, bullion, pillion, zillion, jillion, billon, gillion, brillion, killion, billiton, dillion, billio, fillion, illion, billian, billiot.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word billion:
lire, baht, euros, kwh, trillion, yen, gdp, pesos, cubic, yuan, assets, barrels, revenues, tonnes, debt, dollar, deficit, loans, equity, fiscal, revenue, investments, invested, budget, acquisition, forbes, euro, investment, stake, transaction, million, annually, spending, worth, tons, damages, reserves, gross, projected, securities, net, cash, ago, pension, profit, financing, fund, deposits, funds, portfolio, capita, estimates, shares, bonds, estimate, funding, export, merger, estimated, increase, percent, sales, stock, infrastructure, pounds, costs, bank, largest, taxes, loan, banking, oil, tax, worldwide, electricity, cost, employees, jobs, economy, gas, package, expected, ceo, retail, subsidiary, per, share, bid, sector, banks, deal, venture.

Words that rhyme with billion:
pavilion, million, vermilion, vermillion, civilian, trillion, pillion, pavillion, reptilian, brazilian, octillion, zillion, multibillion, multimillion, jillian, jillion, crocodilian, lilian, vaudevillian, killian, stillion, killion, papillion, dillion, one million million, one thousand million, a million, fillion, one million million million, mcmillian, a trillion, mcmillion, a zillion, brasilia in, castrillon, eosinophilia in, filion, hillian, pedophilia in, quillian, sicilia in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe billion:
multi, half, two, per, top, ten, 100, worth, fifty, 150, six.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective billion:
dollar, dollars, industry, years, business, mark, range, people, program, level, project, company, market, budget, investment, levels, increase, bushel, footed, loan, corporation, tons, transistor, volt, enterprise, deficit, debt, population, contract, fund, hours, industries, figure, chance, investments, companies, deal, corporations, projects, package, one, surplus, barrels, bill, plan, programs, worth, empire, pounds, gallons, loss, operation, contracts, billionth, feet, effort, sales, unit, miles, concentrations, beings, programme, ton, cost, half, row, deals, conglomerate, vacancies, trade, losses, merger, credit, pound, plant, loans, yen, cut, francs, lire, rand, candlepower, franc, reserve, meter, contribution, markets, profits, revenue, won, sum.

Consonant match to billion:
bullion, boullion.

Words that sound like billion:
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