billion
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/ˈbɪljən/
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/ˈbɪljən/
numeral
A2
The number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million)
The company made over a billion dollars in profit last year.
A2
A very large number of things
There are billions of stars in our galaxy.
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The number 1,000,000,000,000 (one million million)
In some countries, a billion means one million million.
translation
The number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million); A very large number of things; The number 1,000,000,000,000 (one million million)