billion
A2UK /ˈbɪljən/US /ˈbɪljən/
Meaning
number
1 000 000 000; one thousand million
“Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.”
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“and uh uh pH about and half billion”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
“companies with more than 1 billion”
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“that’s only really come about after 4.5 billion years,”
📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →
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