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Number (cardinal)
/ˈbilyən/,
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billions, plural;
  1. The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 109
    • - a world population of over 6 billion
    • - half a billion dollars
  2. A very large number or amount of something
    • - our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now
  3. A billion dollars (or pounds, etc.)
    • - the problem persists despite the billions spent on it
  4. A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 1012)

  1. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
  2. 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
  3. million: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies"
  4. Billion Electric Co. Ltd. (Taiex: #3027), based in Taiwan, was founded in 1973. Billion is one of the providers of network equipments and power supply products in Asia Pacific rim. ...
  5. The long and short scales The first recorded use of the terms échelle courte and échelle longue was by the French mathematician Geneviève Guitel in 1975.
  6. (Billions) 1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.
  7. Silver and copper alloy with equal proportions by weight. Primarily used to make low denomination coins.
  8. this book follows the American convention in which a billion is 10^9.
  9. A very low grade silver, which contains more than 50% copper alloy. Billion has been used for coinage since very early times, usually for debased coins.
  10. Generally understood as a thousand million, originally a US definition, which has now almost entirely superseded the original British definition of a million million.
  11. represents the magnitude of 10^9 in the United States but 10^12 in many other countries, and for this reason should be avoided in scientific terminology
  12. Milliard (American usage is more common now)
  13. a report released  has projected this