What does BILLION mean?
Definitions for BILLION
ˈbɪl yənbil·lion
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word BILLION.
Princeton's WordNet
billion, one million million, 1000000000000noun
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
million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillionnoun
a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
"there were millions of flies"
billion, one thousand million, 1000000000adjective
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
billionadjective
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
billionadjective
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
Wikipedia
Billion
Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or 109 (ten to the ninth power), as defined on the short scale. This is its only current meaning in English. 1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million million, or 1012 (ten to the twelfth power), as defined on the long scale. This number, which is one thousand times larger than the short scale billion, is now referred to in English as one trillion. However, this number is the historical meaning in English for the word "billion" (with the exception of the United States), a meaning which was still in official use in British English until some time after World War II.American English adopted the short scale definition from the French (it enjoyed usage in France at the time, alongside the long-scale definition). The United Kingdom used the long scale billion until 1974, when the government officially switched to the short scale, but since the 1950s the short scale had already been increasingly used in technical writing and journalism. Other countries use the word billion (or words cognate to it) to denote either the long scale or short scale billion. (For details, see Long and short scales § Current usage.) Milliard, another term for one thousand million, is extremely rare in English, but words similar to it are very common in other European languages. For example, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew (Asia), Hungarian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish (although the expression mil millones — a thousand million — is far more common), Swedish, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian and Uzbek — use milliard, or a related word, for the short scale billion, and billion (or a related word) for the long scale billion. Thus for these languages billion is a thousand times larger than the modern English billion.
ChatGPT
billion
A billion is a number equivalent to one thousand million (1,000,000,000) in the US and many other countries, or one million million (1,000,000,000,000) in the UK before 1974. It's typically used in the context of finance, population and other quantities to denote a very large amount.
Webster Dictionary
Billionnoun
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Billion
bil′yun, n. a million or thousand thousand of millions (1,000,000,000,000); or, according to the French method of numeration, one thousand millions (1,000,000,000). [L. bi-, twice, and Million.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BILLION
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Billion is ranked #134712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Billion surname appeared 125 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Billion.
81.6% or 102 total occurrences were White.
8% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
7.2% or 9 total occurrences were Black.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BILLION' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2140
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BILLION' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3868
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BILLION' in Nouns Frequency: #913
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of BILLION in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of BILLION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of BILLION in a Sentence
We have a value of over $10 billion, it's a great company I've built.
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski:
There is definitely a potential to quickly reach half a billion dollars in revenue in a very short period of time.
When you have over $ 100 billion in cash, you get to name the terms, argus Research's just a matter of finding the right opportunities.
Whether I liked it or not, just by existing I was suddenly representing 1.6 billion American Muslims, i knew if I didn't take an active role in writing my narrative, my story, someone else is going to do it for me and it's not going to be true.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:
We planned to sign documents on a number of projects in the chemicals sector and power station construction for a total sum of more than $18 billion. These documents have just been signed.
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Translations for BILLION
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- miljardAfrikaans
- مليار, تريليونArabic
- milyardAzerbaijani
- мільярдBelarusian
- милиардBulgarian
- বিলিয়নBengali
- miliardBreton
- bilió, miliard, mil milióCatalan, Valencian
- bilión, miliardaCzech
- milliardDanish
- Milliarde, BillionGerman
- τρισεκατομμύριο, δισεκατομμύριοGreek
- miliardo, duilionoEsperanto
- millardo, mil millones, billónSpanish
- miljardEstonian
- bilioi, miliar, mila milioiBasque
- تریلیون, بیلیون, میلیاردPersian
- biljoona, miljardiFinnish
- billion, milliard, milliards, millionsFrench
- מיליארדHebrew
- अरब, एक अरबHindi
- milliárdHungarian
- միլիարդArmenian
- milliardoInterlingua
- milyarIndonesian
- milljarðaIcelandic
- miliardoItalian
- 兆, 十億Japanese
- მილიარდიGeorgian
- миллиардKazakh
- រយកោដិKhmer
- 십억, 十億Korean
- миллиардKyrgyz
- ຕື້, ພັນລ້ານLao
- milijardasLithuanian
- miljardsLatvian
- милијардаMacedonian
- тэрбумMongolian
- miliar, ribu juta, seribu juta, bilionMalay
- biljunMaltese
- ပကောဋိBurmese
- biljoen, miljardDutch
- milliardNorwegian
- biyóónNavajo, Navaho
- miliard, bilionPolish
- bilião, trilhão, bilhãoPortuguese
- llunaQuechua
- milliard, milliardaRomansh
- miliardRomanian
- миллиард, биллион, триллионRussian
- милијарда, milijardaSerbo-Croatian
- miliarda, biliónSlovak
- milijardaSlovene
- miliardëAlbanian
- triljon, biljon, miljardSwedish
- bilioniSwahili
- миллиардTajik
- พันล้านThai
- milliardTurkmen
- milyarTurkish
- миллиардTatar
- мільярдUkrainian
- مِلْيُن, اربUrdu
- milliardUzbek
- tỉ, tỷVietnamese
- 十億Chinese
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