One Million Million Million (Noun)
Meaning
The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The US government's national debt had surpassed one million million million dollars and was still rising.
- In England they call a quintillion a trillion, but in the US it is more commonly referred to as one million million million.
- The lottery winner's prize money was a staggering one million million million dollars, the largest ever recorded.
- Astronomers estimated that the number of stars in the observable universe was on the order of one million million million.
- The company's market capitalization had reached one million million million dollars, making it one of the largest in the world.