billion
US: /ˈbɪɫjən/
UK: /bˈɪliən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
billion /'biljən/- danh từ
- (Anh, Đức) nghìn tỉ
- Pháp tỉ nghìn triệu
Advanced English dictionary
number (plural verb)1 (abbreviation bn) 1 000 000 000; one thousand million
Help Note: You say a, one, two, several, etc. billion without a final 's' on 'billion'. Billions (of ...) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with billion or billions: Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion. + half a billion dollars + a few tens of billions of yen + They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.).
Help Note: There are more examples of how to use numbers at the entry for hundred.
2 (a billion or billions) (informal) a very large amount: Our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now.
3 (old-fashioned, BrE) 1 000 000 000 000; one million million
Synonym: TRILLION
Concise dictionary
billions'bɪljənnoun
+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)
+the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
adj.
+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
