Billion (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• The company's market value is now a billion dollars.
• She made a billion dollars from her bestselling novel.
• It would cost a billion dollars to build such a massive bridge.
• A growing middle class of a billion consumers is driving economic growth.
• The new smartphone is expected to sell a billion units worldwide in the first year.

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• Billion (noun)

Meaning ²

Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• The company has a billion pounds in its annual budget for research and development.
• Britain's national debt is now a staggering billion pounds and rising.
• The billion dollar question on everyone's lips is who will be the next prime minister.
• She became a billion pound businesswoman by the age of thirty through shrewd investments.
• In Great Britain, a billion pounds is equal to a thousand million pounds, which is different from a trillion in America.

Related Words

• Billion (noun)