Topic: NUMBERS
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | bi- + -illion (as in million) |
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bil‧lion
plural billion or billions
plural billion or billions1HMN the number 1,000,000,000 : The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.
The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.2 an extremely large number of things or people
3HMN British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000
—billionth adjective
—billionth noun [countable]
