Definition of billion in English:

billion

cardinal number ˈbɪljənˈbɪljən

1The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 10⁹
a world population of nearly 5 billion
half a billion dollars
Example sentencesExamples
- That would have been like that one billion dollars suddenly turning into one trillion.
- Also one of the biggest gambling days of the year with two billion dollars, we know of, bet on the game.
- Gates but he's at the point where an extra billion dollars in his bank account probably makes him physically sick.
- He may have remained low key, but his billion dollar construction business has not.
- Three billion dollars more are going into health, but there are fewer operations.
- There is so much talk about the billion of dollars of reconstruction money.
- This was possibly the best business deal in history, as he has made a few billion dollars from it.
- War with Iraq will cost anything from fifty to a hundred billion dollars or more.
- Measurements of infrared light reveal that the black hole has a mass equivalent to three billion suns.
- That said this movie is sure to make at least a quarter billion in US dollars by year's end.
- Today there are six and half billion of us with bulldozers and chain saws and nuclear power.
- Disney admits that Pooh brings in a whopping one billion dollars a year.
- Road accidents are estimated to cost the equivalent of seven billion pounds per year.
- Right now, more than half a billion of the world's children are living on less than 55p a day.
- The Chinese admiral after whom the US Navy just named a billion dollar warship, for example.
- In this case four big donors get big contracts of between half a billion and two billion dollars.
- All of this amounts to eight billion dollars in lost revenue for the federal government.
- Over the next nine months, we are committed to delivering on a billion dollar assets sale.
- They export more than three and a half billion dollars worth of liquefied natural gas a year.
- He proposed a budget increase of twelve billion dollars over the next five years.
Synonyms
multitude, a great number, a great quantity, a large number, a large quantity, a lot, scores, quantities, mass, crowd, throng, host, droves, horde, army, legion, sea, swarm
1. 1.1billionsinformal A very large number or amount of something.
  our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ares Vallis is one of several big outflow channels on Mars in this region that formed billions of years ago.
  It will be in billions and billions of dollars or pounds.
  A vegetarian diet would drastically reduce the amount of crop land needed to feed billions.
  Only one surviving bacterium or virus could multiply into billions in no time.
  Massive arcologies looming in the distance, like small mountains covered in billions of tiny lights.
  Synonyms
  a lot, a great number, a large number, a great quantity, a large quantity, host, horde, mass, mountain, droves, swarm, army, legion, sea, abundance, profusion
2. 1.2 A billion pounds or dollars.
  the problem persists despite the billions spent on it
  Example sentencesExamples
  That's a lot of money, but if this turns out to be multiple billions of revenue, you'd get that back in a hurry.
  We can expect Corporate welfare amounting to tens of billions in the next three years, as with the past term.
  The company still faces a dozen cases that could cost it billions more to resolve.
  It would be the best two and a half billion ever spent for the legacy an Olympics would give to British sport.
  Throughout that month, the Bank of England spent billions ensuring the pound stayed within its ERM band.
  That leaves homeowners to cover what could amount to billions in repair costs over the next years.
  Industry watchers reckon that the total amount of money involved could be in the billions.
  An example would be an investment house with assets in the billions, but with only a few dozen staff.
  Meanwhile, Ryanair is due to take delivery of dozens of new aircraft at a cost of billions.
  About half a billion in tax and lottery money has been poured into British sport over the past four years.
  If they were applied throughout the UK public sector, he adds, the savings would amount to billions.
  Heaping billions on the rich while ensuring that one out of six American kids doesn't get a penny is dead wrong.
  The US and Russia spent billions on a dozen or so robotic craft meant to land on the planet and radio back their findings.
  Despite all of the billions slathered on the program, the aircraft's design may be fatally flawed.
  Even divvying up Bill Gates' billions would amount to only a couple of hundred dollars each.
3. 1.3British dated A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²).
  Example sentencesExamples
  1,000,000,000,000: Trillion. An old British tradition calls this a Billion
  The 'old' billion was 1000,000,000,000; this is now the trillion.
  A conventional British billion is a thousand times bigger than an American billion.
  I still maintain the 'proper' billion ... but then I still write: 'connexion'!
  To the British, including the Empire and the Commonwealth, billion has long meant a million millions (1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the twelfth), what Americans call a trillion.

Derivatives

billionth

ordinal number ˈbɪlɪənθˈbɪljənθ

1Constituting number one billion in a sequence; 1,000,000,000th.
the birth of India's billionth citizen
1. 1.1informal Constituting an unspecified but very large number in a sequence.
Example sentencesExamples
- The devices play nice with each other, the way routers do on the Internet - your transmitter will check and if this particular frequency is not being used for the next 50 billionths of a second by another device, it'll send its data out on it.
- But tumors, hormonal and reproductive problems have only appeared in rodents at extremely high, daily doses - in several grams per kilogram, not billionths of grams.
- Researchers envisage a time when tiny machines no more than a few billionths of a metre across surge though our bodies to deliver drugs and destroy disease-causing pathogens.
- I was late again for the billionth time
- particles so small they're measured in billionths of a metre
2Each of one billion equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix bi- 'two' for the initial letters.

Rhymes

jillion, million, bajillion, modillion, multibillion, multimillion, pillion, septillion, sextillion, squillion, trillion, zillion

Definition of billion in US English:

billion

cardinal numberˈbilyənˈbɪljən

1The 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
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the next nine months, we are committed to delivering on a billion dollar assets sale.
- Right now, more than half a billion of the world's children are living on less than 55p a day.
- In this case four big donors get big contracts of between half a billion and two billion dollars.
- Disney admits that Pooh brings in a whopping one billion dollars a year.
- That would have been like that one billion dollars suddenly turning into one trillion.
- All of this amounts to eight billion dollars in lost revenue for the federal government.
- Road accidents are estimated to cost the equivalent of seven billion pounds per year.
- There is so much talk about the billion of dollars of reconstruction money.
- Gates but he's at the point where an extra billion dollars in his bank account probably makes him physically sick.
- War with Iraq will cost anything from fifty to a hundred billion dollars or more.
- This was possibly the best business deal in history, as he has made a few billion dollars from it.
- Also one of the biggest gambling days of the year with two billion dollars, we know of, bet on the game.
- That said this movie is sure to make at least a quarter billion in US dollars by year's end.
- Today there are six and half billion of us with bulldozers and chain saws and nuclear power.
- He may have remained low key, but his billion dollar construction business has not.
- They export more than three and a half billion dollars worth of liquefied natural gas a year.
- Measurements of infrared light reveal that the black hole has a mass equivalent to three billion suns.
- The Chinese admiral after whom the US Navy just named a billion dollar warship, for example.
- He proposed a budget increase of twelve billion dollars over the next five years.
- Three billion dollars more are going into health, but there are fewer operations.
Synonyms
multitude, a great number, a great quantity, a large number, a large quantity, a lot, scores, quantities, mass, crowd, throng, host, droves, horde, army, legion, sea, swarm
1. 1.1billionsinformal A very large number or amount of something.
  our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now
  Example sentencesExamples
  A vegetarian diet would drastically reduce the amount of crop land needed to feed billions.
  Ares Vallis is one of several big outflow channels on Mars in this region that formed billions of years ago.
  Only one surviving bacterium or virus could multiply into billions in no time.
  Massive arcologies looming in the distance, like small mountains covered in billions of tiny lights.
  It will be in billions and billions of dollars or pounds.
  Synonyms
  a lot, a great number, a large number, a great quantity, a large quantity, host, horde, mass, mountain, droves, swarm, army, legion, sea, abundance, profusion
2. 1.2 A billion dollars (or pounds, etc.)
  the problem persists despite the billions spent on it
  Example sentencesExamples
  If they were applied throughout the UK public sector, he adds, the savings would amount to billions.
  Industry watchers reckon that the total amount of money involved could be in the billions.
  That leaves homeowners to cover what could amount to billions in repair costs over the next years.
  Heaping billions on the rich while ensuring that one out of six American kids doesn't get a penny is dead wrong.
  Throughout that month, the Bank of England spent billions ensuring the pound stayed within its ERM band.
  An example would be an investment house with assets in the billions, but with only a few dozen staff.
  The US and Russia spent billions on a dozen or so robotic craft meant to land on the planet and radio back their findings.
  The company still faces a dozen cases that could cost it billions more to resolve.
  Even divvying up Bill Gates' billions would amount to only a couple of hundred dollars each.
  It would be the best two and a half billion ever spent for the legacy an Olympics would give to British sport.
  Meanwhile, Ryanair is due to take delivery of dozens of new aircraft at a cost of billions.
  About half a billion in tax and lottery money has been poured into British sport over the past four years.
  We can expect Corporate welfare amounting to tens of billions in the next three years, as with the past term.
  That's a lot of money, but if this turns out to be multiple billions of revenue, you'd get that back in a hurry.
  Despite all of the billions slathered on the program, the aircraft's design may be fatally flawed.
3. 1.3British dated A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²).
  Example sentencesExamples
  I still maintain the 'proper' billion ... but then I still write: 'connexion'!
  The 'old' billion was 1000,000,000,000; this is now the trillion.
  To the British, including the Empire and the Commonwealth, billion has long meant a million millions (1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the twelfth), what Americans call a trillion.
  1,000,000,000,000: Trillion. An old British tradition calls this a Billion
  A conventional British billion is a thousand times bigger than an American billion.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix bi- ‘two’ for the initial letters.

单词	billion
释义	Definition of billion in English: billion cardinal number ˈbɪljənˈbɪljən 1The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 10⁹ a world population of nearly 5 billion half a billion dollars Example sentencesExamples That would have been like that one billion dollars suddenly turning into one trillion. Also one of the biggest gambling days of the year with two billion dollars, we know of, bet on the game. Gates but he's at the point where an extra billion dollars in his bank account probably makes him physically sick. He may have remained low key, but his billion dollar construction business has not. Three billion dollars more are going into health, but there are fewer operations. There is so much talk about the billion of dollars of reconstruction money. This was possibly the best business deal in history, as he has made a few billion dollars from it. War with Iraq will cost anything from fifty to a hundred billion dollars or more. Measurements of infrared light reveal that the black hole has a mass equivalent to three billion suns. That said this movie is sure to make at least a quarter billion in US dollars by year's end. Today there are six and half billion of us with bulldozers and chain saws and nuclear power. Disney admits that Pooh brings in a whopping one billion dollars a year. Road accidents are estimated to cost the equivalent of seven billion pounds per year. Right now, more than half a billion of the world's children are living on less than 55p a day. The Chinese admiral after whom the US Navy just named a billion dollar warship, for example. In this case four big donors get big contracts of between half a billion and two billion dollars. All of this amounts to eight billion dollars in lost revenue for the federal government. Over the next nine months, we are committed to delivering on a billion dollar assets sale. They export more than three and a half billion dollars worth of liquefied natural gas a year. He proposed a budget increase of twelve billion dollars over the next five years. Synonyms multitude, a great number, a great quantity, a large number, a large quantity, a lot, scores, quantities, mass, crowd, throng, host, droves, horde, army, legion, sea, swarm 1.1billionsinformal A very large number or amount of something. our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now Example sentencesExamples Ares Vallis is one of several big outflow channels on Mars in this region that formed billions of years ago. It will be in billions and billions of dollars or pounds. A vegetarian diet would drastically reduce the amount of crop land needed to feed billions. Only one surviving bacterium or virus could multiply into billions in no time. Massive arcologies looming in the distance, like small mountains covered in billions of tiny lights. Synonyms a lot, a great number, a large number, a great quantity, a large quantity, host, horde, mass, mountain, droves, swarm, army, legion, sea, abundance, profusion 1.2 A billion pounds or dollars. the problem persists despite the billions spent on it Example sentencesExamples That's a lot of money, but if this turns out to be multiple billions of revenue, you'd get that back in a hurry. We can expect Corporate welfare amounting to tens of billions in the next three years, as with the past term. The company still faces a dozen cases that could cost it billions more to resolve. It would be the best two and a half billion ever spent for the legacy an Olympics would give to British sport. Throughout that month, the Bank of England spent billions ensuring the pound stayed within its ERM band. That leaves homeowners to cover what could amount to billions in repair costs over the next years. Industry watchers reckon that the total amount of money involved could be in the billions. An example would be an investment house with assets in the billions, but with only a few dozen staff. Meanwhile, Ryanair is due to take delivery of dozens of new aircraft at a cost of billions. About half a billion in tax and lottery money has been poured into British sport over the past four years. If they were applied throughout the UK public sector, he adds, the savings would amount to billions. Heaping billions on the rich while ensuring that one out of six American kids doesn't get a penny is dead wrong. The US and Russia spent billions on a dozen or so robotic craft meant to land on the planet and radio back their findings. Despite all of the billions slathered on the program, the aircraft's design may be fatally flawed. Even divvying up Bill Gates' billions would amount to only a couple of hundred dollars each. 1.3British dated A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²). Example sentencesExamples 1,000,000,000,000: Trillion. An old British tradition calls this a Billion The 'old' billion was 1000,000,000,000; this is now the trillion. A conventional British billion is a thousand times bigger than an American billion. I still maintain the 'proper' billion ... but then I still write: 'connexion'! To the British, including the Empire and the Commonwealth, billion has long meant a million millions (1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the twelfth), what Americans call a trillion. Derivatives billionth ordinal number ˈbɪlɪənθˈbɪljənθ 1Constituting number one billion in a sequence; 1,000,000,000th. the birth of India's billionth citizen 1.1informal Constituting an unspecified but very large number in a sequence. Example sentencesExamples The devices play nice with each other, the way routers do on the Internet - your transmitter will check and if this particular frequency is not being used for the next 50 billionths of a second by another device, it'll send its data out on it. But tumors, hormonal and reproductive problems have only appeared in rodents at extremely high, daily doses - in several grams per kilogram, not billionths of grams. Researchers envisage a time when tiny machines no more than a few billionths of a metre across surge though our bodies to deliver drugs and destroy disease-causing pathogens. I was late again for the billionth time particles so small they're measured in billionths of a metre 2Each of one billion equal parts into which something is or may be divided. Origin Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix bi- 'two' for the initial letters. Rhymes jillion, million, bajillion, modillion, multibillion, multimillion, pillion, septillion, sextillion, squillion, trillion, zillion Definition of billion in US English: billion cardinal numberˈbilyənˈbɪljən 1The 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 Example sentencesExamples Over the next nine months, we are committed to delivering on a billion dollar assets sale. Right now, more than half a billion of the world's children are living on less than 55p a day. In this case four big donors get big contracts of between half a billion and two billion dollars. Disney admits that Pooh brings in a whopping one billion dollars a year. That would have been like that one billion dollars suddenly turning into one trillion. All of this amounts to eight billion dollars in lost revenue for the federal government. Road accidents are estimated to cost the equivalent of seven billion pounds per year. There is so much talk about the billion of dollars of reconstruction money. Gates but he's at the point where an extra billion dollars in his bank account probably makes him physically sick. War with Iraq will cost anything from fifty to a hundred billion dollars or more. This was possibly the best business deal in history, as he has made a few billion dollars from it. Also one of the biggest gambling days of the year with two billion dollars, we know of, bet on the game. That said this movie is sure to make at least a quarter billion in US dollars by year's end. Today there are six and half billion of us with bulldozers and chain saws and nuclear power. He may have remained low key, but his billion dollar construction business has not. They export more than three and a half billion dollars worth of liquefied natural gas a year. Measurements of infrared light reveal that the black hole has a mass equivalent to three billion suns. The Chinese admiral after whom the US Navy just named a billion dollar warship, for example. He proposed a budget increase of twelve billion dollars over the next five years. Three billion dollars more are going into health, but there are fewer operations. Synonyms multitude, a great number, a great quantity, a large number, a large quantity, a lot, scores, quantities, mass, crowd, throng, host, droves, horde, army, legion, sea, swarm 1.1billionsinformal A very large number or amount of something. our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now Example sentencesExamples A vegetarian diet would drastically reduce the amount of crop land needed to feed billions. Ares Vallis is one of several big outflow channels on Mars in this region that formed billions of years ago. Only one surviving bacterium or virus could multiply into billions in no time. Massive arcologies looming in the distance, like small mountains covered in billions of tiny lights. It will be in billions and billions of dollars or pounds. Synonyms a lot, a great number, a large number, a great quantity, a large quantity, host, horde, mass, mountain, droves, swarm, army, legion, sea, abundance, profusion 1.2 A billion dollars (or pounds, etc.) the problem persists despite the billions spent on it Example sentencesExamples If they were applied throughout the UK public sector, he adds, the savings would amount to billions. Industry watchers reckon that the total amount of money involved could be in the billions. That leaves homeowners to cover what could amount to billions in repair costs over the next years. Heaping billions on the rich while ensuring that one out of six American kids doesn't get a penny is dead wrong. Throughout that month, the Bank of England spent billions ensuring the pound stayed within its ERM band. An example would be an investment house with assets in the billions, but with only a few dozen staff. The US and Russia spent billions on a dozen or so robotic craft meant to land on the planet and radio back their findings. The company still faces a dozen cases that could cost it billions more to resolve. Even divvying up Bill Gates' billions would amount to only a couple of hundred dollars each. It would be the best two and a half billion ever spent for the legacy an Olympics would give to British sport. Meanwhile, Ryanair is due to take delivery of dozens of new aircraft at a cost of billions. About half a billion in tax and lottery money has been poured into British sport over the past four years. We can expect Corporate welfare amounting to tens of billions in the next three years, as with the past term. That's a lot of money, but if this turns out to be multiple billions of revenue, you'd get that back in a hurry. Despite all of the billions slathered on the program, the aircraft's design may be fatally flawed. 1.3British dated A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²). Example sentencesExamples I still maintain the 'proper' billion ... but then I still write: 'connexion'! The 'old' billion was 1000,000,000,000; this is now the trillion. To the British, including the Empire and the Commonwealth, billion has long meant a million millions (1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the twelfth), what Americans call a trillion. 1,000,000,000,000: Trillion. An old British tradition calls this a Billion A conventional British billion is a thousand times bigger than an American billion. Origin Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix bi- ‘two’ for the initial letters.
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