One Million Million (Noun)
Meaning 1
The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- In England, they refer to one million million as a billion rather than a trillion.
- The sum he was asked to give as charity was a staggering one million million dollars.
- His net worth was estimated to be over one million million euros after the sale of his company.
- She inherited one million million pounds from her late grandfather who was a business magnate.
- Upon winning the international lottery he had one million million reasons to celebrate.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- In a philanthropic gesture, the billionaire donated one million million dollars to establish educational institutions in developing countries.
- The scientists successfully secured a grant of one million million euros to research a groundbreaking cure for cancer.
- Economists estimated that investing in renewable energy sources would save one million million pounds over the next two decades.
- Representing a mammoth sale, the rare art piece was sold at a staggering price of one million million rupees, breaking records worldwide.
- The company was able to break even after securing an investment of one million million yen following a widely covered public listing.