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billion

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

Nouns

• (n) 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 1000000000000, one million million,
• (n) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
  • there were millions of flies
  gazillion, jillion, trillion, zillion, million,
• (n) the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros 1000000000, one thousand million,

Synonyms

1000000000000 one million million gazillion jillion trillion zillion million 1000000000 one thousand million

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