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Billion : adj
1: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items
or units in the United States [syn: a billion]
2: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items
or units in Great Britain [syn: a billion]
(noun)
1: 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 [syn: one million
million, 1000000000000]
2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
[syn: one thousand million, 1000000000]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Milliard \Mil`liard"\, n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L.
mille.]
A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Billion : \Bil"lion\, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L.
bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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