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billion BrE / ˈbɪljən /  NAmE / ˈbɪljən / Native audio playback is not supported. billion(number)BrE / ˈbɪljən /  NAmE / ˈbɪljən / 1 000 000 000; one thousand millionWorldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.half a billion dollarsThey have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.).Two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game.Two billion (dollars) was withdrawn from the account.a very large amountOur immune systems are killing billions of germs right now.1 000 000 000 000; one million millionsynonym trillionhttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/trillionWord Originlate 17th cent.: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix bi- ‘two’ for the initial letters.

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(number) worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.half a billion dollarsthey have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.).two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game. Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=billion This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word	billion
WordType	(number)
Phonetic	BrE / ˈbɪljən / NAmE / ˈbɪljən /
Example	worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion. half a billion dollars they have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.). two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game.
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=billion
Content	billion (number)BrE / ˈbɪljən / NAmE / ˈbɪljən / 1 000 000 000; one thousand million Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion. half a billion dollars They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.). Two billion (people) worldwide are expected to watch the game. Two billion (dollars) was withdrawn from the account. a very large amount Our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now. 1 000 000 000 000; one million million synonym trillion https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/trillion Word Origin late 17th cent.: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix bi- ‘two’ for the initial letters.
Copyright	This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Billion ˈbɪljən Worldwide Million Number Bre Sales Reached

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