• According to the French and American method of numeration, athousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method,a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.


    Billion meaning & definition 1 of Billion.


  • A number whose value varies with geography: for example, in the U.S., it is a thousand million (1,000,000,000); in the U.K., it is a million million (1,000,000,000,000).

    Billion meaning & definition 2 of Billion.


  • I believe in the UK a billion means a million millions (e.g. 10^12 rather than 10^9)

    Billion meaning & definition 3 of Billion.


  • America and most other non-british-colonized countries (let's not debate about that): 1,000,000,000
    : 1 thousand Million

    Australia, The Uk etc. : 1,000,000,000,000
    : 1 Million Million

    Billion meaning & definition 4 of Billion.


  • The number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 10⁹

    Billion meaning & definition 5 of Billion.

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