Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
billion
noun
/ˈbɪl.jən/
Definition
A billion is the number that is equal to one thousand million, or 1,000,000,000.
Examples
- She won a billion dollars in the lottery.
- The city has a population of over a billion people.
- He read a billion pages of research articles in his lifetime.
Meaning
It is often used to quantify large amounts of money, population, or data.
Synonyms
- thousand million
- 10^9
