(n) :
(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A milliard, a thousandmillion: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; (dated British & Australian, long scale) A millionmillion: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012
"there were billions of people at the concert"
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(n) :
(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) A milliard, a thousandmillion: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; (dated British & Australian, long scale) A millionmillion: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012