'Billion' definitions:
Definition of 'billion'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
adjective
Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
noun
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 [syn: billion, one million million, 1000000000000]
noun
A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
noun
The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros [syn: billion, one thousand million, 1000000000]
Definition of 'Billion'
From: GCIDE
- Billion \Bil"lion\, n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million.] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'billion'
From: GCIDE
- Milliard \Mil`liard"\ (F. m[-e]l`y[.a]r"; E. m[i^]l"l[i^]*[aum]rd), n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions; -- usually called billion in the United States. See Billion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'billion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a billion,
- a crore,
- a lakh,
- a million,
- a myriad,
- a nonillion,
- a quadrillion,
- a thousand,
- a zillion,
- astronomical number,
- googol,
- googolplex,
- infinitude,
- infinity,
- jillion,
- large number,
- milliard,
- trillion,
- zillion