noun🔗Share(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. "numbermathstatisticseconomyfinancebusinessamountessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012"The company's profits reached a billion dollars this year. "numbermathstatisticseconomyfinanceamountessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn unspecified very large number."There were billions of people at the concert."numbermathamountstatisticseconomyfinanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading