a billion

Definition of a billion in English English dictionary
billion: A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012
billion: A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109
billion: Thousand million (109), rather than the original European meaning of million million (1012)
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
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
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
billion: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
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
billion: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
billion: n milyar
billion: One billion equals 1,000,000,000 or one thousand million
billion: 1,000 millions (American usage; British usage is a million millions)
billion: A very large number
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
billion: One thousand million (109)
billion: I use the American version of "billion" which means 1,000,000,000 (1e9); not the British version which means 1e12
billion: {i} 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)
billion: Now agreed as 1,000,000,000 or one thousand million
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'
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
billion: A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10[12]
billion: A billion is a thousand million. 3 billion dollars This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region
billion: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
billion: A "billion" in the U S A means 1,000,000,000 (1e9); The British version of one billion means 1e12
billion: A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 10[9]
billion: n The cardinal number equal to 10 to the 9th
billion: n a thousand millions