billion Signification, définition

Signification de billion en français

• 0 1,000,000,000 -- milliard [ masculine ]

  • more than three billion dollars plus de trois milliards de dollars

  • “How many?” “A billion.” “Combien ?” “Un milliard.”

  • billions of atoms des milliards d’atomes

• 1 often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the number 1,000,000,000 -- billion, (É.-U.) milliard

  • a billion

  • several billion.

• 2 often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000,000; in the United States, and often in the United Kingdom, the figure 1,000,000,000. -- billion, (É.-U.) milliard

• 3 a billion pounds or dollars -- billion, (É.-U.) milliard

  • The sum involved amounts to several billion(s).