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bil

/bɪl/

Meanings
numeral
Abbreviation of billion.

Examples :

"The company's estimated revenue for the next year is $2 bil. "
number math amount

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next noun

/nɛkst/

The one that follows after this one.

"My next class is history. "

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estimated verb

/ˈɛstɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈɛstəmətɪd/

To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.

"The builders estimated the cost of the new roof to be around $5,000, based on the size and materials needed. "

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revenue noun

/ˈɹɛvənjuː/ /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/

The income returned by an investment.

"The bakery's revenue from cake sales increased significantly this month. "

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of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

Expressing distance or motion.

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

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year noun

/jɪə/ /jɪɹ/ /jɜː/

A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).

"we moved to this town a year ago;  I quit smoking exactly one year ago"

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for preposition

/fɔːr/

During the period of.

"He worked for three years."

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s noun

/ɛs/

A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).

"The antique scale was so sensitive that it could measure the weight difference between two samples that differed by just one s. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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company noun

/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/ /ˈkʌmpəni/

A team; a group of people who work together professionally.

"The school's student council is a company of dedicated students who organize events. "

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billion noun

/ˈbɪljən/

(modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard

"The company's profits reached a billion dollars this year. "

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abbreviation noun

/əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/ /əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

""Mr. Smith always uses the abbreviation 'etc.' instead of writing out 'et cetera'." "