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billion

('b/I/l/j//@/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(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
1000000000000, one million million

source: wordnet30
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
gazillion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion

source: wordnet30
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
1000000000, one thousand million

source: wordnet30
According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.(noun)

source: webster1913

denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States(adj.all)

source: wordnet30
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain(adj.all)

source: wordnet30

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