billionth adjectivebillionth noun
billionbil‧lion /ˈbɪljən/ ●●● W2 number (plural billion or billions) 
WORD ORIGINbillion
Origin:
1600-1700 French bi- + -illion (as in million)EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Co. and is part of a $ 1 billion shelf registration.
- Farnham, which manages assets of $ 30 billion.
- Of these, £1.5 billion to £2 billion worth could be sold on the open market.
- That saves them nearly $ 4 billion a year.
- The agency said telemarketing fraud is estimated to cost consumers as much as $ 40 billion a year.
- The budget allocates $ 19. 45 billion to State Department operations, foreign aid, peacekeeping and international lending institutions.
- The committee, generously enough, rounded down the $ 6. 5 billion result to get $ 6 billion.
WORD SETS
add, verbaddition, nounArabic numeral, nounarithmetic progression, nounbi-, prefixbillion, numbercalculate, verbcalculation, nouncardinal, nouncardinal number, nouncoefficient, nouncommon denominator, nounconstant, nouncube, verbcube root, nounD, noundecimal, noundecimal, adjectivedecimal point, noundemi-, prefixdenominator, noundigit, noundivide, verbdividend, noundivisible, adjectivedivision, noundivisor, noundouble-digit, adjectivedouble figures, nouneight, numbereighteen, numbereighth, adjectiveeighty, numbereleven, numberequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nouneven, adjectiveexponent, nounfactor, nounfactor, verbfactorial, nounfifteen, numberfifth, nounfifty, numberfig., figure, nounfive, numberforty, numberfour, numberfourteen, numberfourth, nounfraction, noungeometric progression, noungross, nounHCF, hundred, numberimproper fraction, nounindivisible, adjectiveinfinity, nouninteger, nounL, nounlogarithm, nounlowest common denominator, nounM, nounmedian, nounmedian, adjectivemillion, numbermultiple, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, noun-nd, suffixnegative, adjectivenine, numbernineteen, numberninety, numberninth, adjectiveNo., nos., nothing, pronounnought, numbernumber, nounnumeral, nounnumerator, nounnumerical, adjectiveO, nounoblique, nounone, numberordinal number, nounpi, nounplot, verbplus, prepositionpoint, nounpositive, adjectiveprime number, nounproduct, nounproper fraction, nounproportion, nounquadr-, prefixquadrillion, numberquadruple, adjectivequotient, noun-rd, suffixroman numeral, nounroot, nounround, adjectivescore, numbersecond, numberserial number, nounset, nounsingle figures, nounsix, numbersixteen, numbersixty, numbersquare, nounsquare, verbsquared, adjectivesquare root, noun-st, suffixsubtract, verbsum, nountake, verbten, numbertenth, adjectivetertiary, adjectivetetra-, prefixthirteen, numberthirty, numberthousand, numberthree, numberthree-quarter, adjectivethreescore, numbertreble, determinertri-, prefixtrillion, numbertwelve, numbertwenty, numbertwice, adverbunit, nounV, nounvulgar fraction, nounwhole number, nounX, nounzero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion. Airlines have lost billions of dollars.
1the number 1,000,000,000: 3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion. Airlines have lost billions of dollars. The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.two/three/four etc billion 3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion.billions of pounds/dollars etc Airlines have lost billions of dollars.2an extremely large number of things or peoplea billion A billion stars shone in the night sky.billions of something There are billions of things I want to say.3 British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000—billionth adjective—billionth noun [countable]billionth adjectivebillionth noun
billionbil‧lion /ˈbɪljən/ ●●● W2 number (plural billion or billions) WORD ORIGINbillion
Origin:
1600-1700 French bi- + -illion (as in million)EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Co. and is part of a $ 1 billion shelf registration.
- Farnham, which manages assets of $ 30 billion.
- Of these, £1.5 billion to £2 billion worth could be sold on the open market.
- That saves them nearly $ 4 billion a year.
- The agency said telemarketing fraud is estimated to cost consumers as much as $ 40 billion a year.
- The budget allocates $ 19. 45 billion to State Department operations, foreign aid, peacekeeping and international lending institutions.
- The committee, generously enough, rounded down the $ 6. 5 billion result to get $ 6 billion.
WORD SETS
add, verbaddition, nounArabic numeral, nounarithmetic progression, nounbi-, prefixbillion, numbercalculate, verbcalculation, nouncardinal, nouncardinal number, nouncoefficient, nouncommon denominator, nounconstant, nouncube, verbcube root, nounD, noundecimal, noundecimal, adjectivedecimal point, noundemi-, prefixdenominator, noundigit, noundivide, verbdividend, noundivisible, adjectivedivision, noundivisor, noundouble-digit, adjectivedouble figures, nouneight, numbereighteen, numbereighth, adjectiveeighty, numbereleven, numberequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nouneven, adjectiveexponent, nounfactor, nounfactor, verbfactorial, nounfifteen, numberfifth, nounfifty, numberfig., figure, nounfive, numberforty, numberfour, numberfourteen, numberfourth, nounfraction, noungeometric progression, noungross, nounHCF, hundred, numberimproper fraction, nounindivisible, adjectiveinfinity, nouninteger, nounL, nounlogarithm, nounlowest common denominator, nounM, nounmedian, nounmedian, adjectivemillion, numbermultiple, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, noun-nd, suffixnegative, adjectivenine, numbernineteen, numberninety, numberninth, adjectiveNo., nos., nothing, pronounnought, numbernumber, nounnumeral, nounnumerator, nounnumerical, adjectiveO, nounoblique, nounone, numberordinal number, nounpi, nounplot, verbplus, prepositionpoint, nounpositive, adjectiveprime number, nounproduct, nounproper fraction, nounproportion, nounquadr-, prefixquadrillion, numberquadruple, adjectivequotient, noun-rd, suffixroman numeral, nounroot, nounround, adjectivescore, numbersecond, numberserial number, nounset, nounsingle figures, nounsix, numbersixteen, numbersixty, numbersquare, nounsquare, verbsquared, adjectivesquare root, noun-st, suffixsubtract, verbsum, nountake, verbten, numbertenth, adjectivetertiary, adjectivetetra-, prefixthirteen, numberthirty, numberthousand, numberthree, numberthree-quarter, adjectivethreescore, numbertreble, determinertri-, prefixtrillion, numbertwelve, numbertwenty, numbertwice, adverbunit, nounV, nounvulgar fraction, nounwhole number, nounX, nounzero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY 3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion. Airlines have lost billions of dollars.
1the number 1,000,000,000: 3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion. Airlines have lost billions of dollars. The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.two/three/four etc billion 3.5 billion years ago Overseas debt is a staggering £16 billion.billions of pounds/dollars etc Airlines have lost billions of dollars.2an extremely large number of things or peoplea billion A billion stars shone in the night sky.billions of something There are billions of things I want to say.3 British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000—billionth adjective—billionth noun [countable]