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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
      last edited by admin

      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.

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        Billion meaning & definition 1 of Billion.

      • Sarahundefined
        Sarah
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        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).

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          Billion meaning & definition 2 of Billion.

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

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            Billion meaning & definition 3 of Billion.

          • Sarahundefined
            Sarah
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            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

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              Billion meaning & definition 4 of Billion.

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

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                Billion meaning & definition 5 of Billion.

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