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How to pronounce billion
Say it like this: /ˈbɪ(l)jən/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does billion mean?
numEither of two large amounts:
“Plaintiff States also receive billions of dollars in funds every year directly from Treasury through BFS under federal grant programs.”
A million million (logic: 1,000,000²): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (10¹²); a thousand milliard.
“n = 1,000,000,000,000, that is, = a billion, or the square of a million”
An unspecified very large number.
“There were billions of people at the concert.”
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