billion
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/ˈbɪljən/
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/ˈbɪljən/
The number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million)
The company made over a billion dollars in profit last year.
该公司去年利润超过十亿美元。
A very large number of things
There are billions of stars in our galaxy.
我们的银河系中有数十亿颗恒星。
The number 1,000,000,000,000 (one million million)
In some countries, a billion means one million million.
在一些国家,billion 意味着一万亿。