billion
UKbiliən
US'bıljən
معنی فارسی
بيليون
معنی کامل و مثالها
/bil´yǝn/n., adj.
● بیلیون، میلیارد، هزار میلیون
● (انگلیس - قدیمی) تریلیون، یک میلیون میلیون
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From French 'billion', from 'bi-' (two) + 'million'. In Britain, it originally meant a million million, but this has been replaced by the US meaning.
مثال
- The company is worth several billion dollars.
- The population of India is over a billion.
- He made a billion in the stock market.
ترکیبهای رایج
Billion dollars Billion people Billion years Billion pounds
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- 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
- a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) “there were millions of flies”
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
- denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
- denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain