| billion | number equal to a thousand millions, 1 000 000 000 (in the USA and France); number equal to a million millions, 1 000 000 000 000 (in Britain) | (isim) | en |
| billion | The plural form is billion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as `several' or `a few' | en |
| billion | A billion is a thousand million. 3 billion dollars This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region | en |
| billion | If you talk about billions of people or things, you mean that there is a very large number of them but you do not know or do not want to say exactly how many. Biological systems have been doing this for billions of years He urged US executives to invest billions of dollars in his country. You can also use billions as a pronoun. He thought that it must be worth billions | en |
| billion | I use the American version of "billion" which means 1,000,000,000 (1e9); not the British version which means 1e12 | en |
| billion | One billion equals 1,000,000,000 or one thousand million | en |
| billion | A "billion" in the U S A means 1,000,000,000 (1e9); The British version of one billion means 1e12 | en |
| billion | Thousand million (109), rather than the original European meaning of million million (1012) | en |
| billion | Now agreed as 1,000,000,000 or one thousand million | en |
| billion | One thousand million or 109 which is 1,000,000,000 The meaning in the UK has changed from a million million (1012) to the USA value of one thousand million and almost always now the new meaning is intended | en |
| billion | A very low grade silver, which contains more than 50% copper alloy Billion has been used for coinage since very early times, usually for debased coins | en |
| billion | n a thousand millions | en |
| billion | n The cardinal number equal to 10 to the 9th | en |
| billion | One thousand million (109) | en |
| billion | 1,000 millions (American usage; British usage is a million millions) | en |
| billion | n milyar | en |
| billion | 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 | en |
| billion | the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros | en |
| billion | denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States | en |
| billion | denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain | en |
| billion | the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros 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 denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain | en |
| billion | 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 | en |
| billion | See Numeration | en |
