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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. (billion) denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
  2. (billion) 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. (billion) million: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies"
  4. (Billion (company)) 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. (Billion (word)) 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. (110 billion ($2.2 billion)) a report released  has projected this
  7. (Billion) 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.
  8. (Billion) Milliard (American usage is more common now)
  9. (Billion) Silver and copper alloy with equal proportions by weight. Primarily used to make low denomination coins.
  10. (Billion) this book follows the American convention in which a billion is 10^9.
  11. (billion) 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