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billions
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Definitions ofbillions
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- (modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
- (British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
- An unspecified very large number.
Example: "There were billions of people at the concert."
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