Definitions for billion
Overview of noun billion
The noun billion has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) billion, one million million, 1000000000000
(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)
2. million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion
(a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies")
3. billion, one thousand million, 1000000000
(the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros)
Overview of adj billion
The adj billion has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) billion
(denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States)
2. billion
(denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain)
