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billion
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miliardo
the number 1 followed by 9 zeros
billion
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un miliardo
denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
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un miliardo
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
Billion
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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
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a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
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The government invested a billion dollars in infrastructure development.
The new smartphone sold over a billion units worldwide within the first month of its release.
The company reported revenues of over a billion dollars last year.
The population of the country is estimated to be over a billion people.
The project is expected to cost several billion dollars to complete.
