Definitions of billion

1. ( in the United States) the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros

2. ( in Britain) the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros

3. the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen

4. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States

5. In the United States and France, one thousand millions ( 1, 000, 000, 000); in England and Germany, a million millions ( 1, 000, 000, 000, 000).

6. A million of millions ( 1, 000, 000, 000, 000); or, according to the French method of numeration, one thousand millions ( 1, 000, 000, 000).

7. A thousand millions ( 1, 000, 000, 000).

8. A million millions ( 1, 000, 000, 000, 000).

9. A million millions.