Synonym: 1000000000, 1000000000000, jillion, million, one million million, one thousand million, trillion, zillion. Similar words: million, fill in, brilliant, fulfilling, willingness, rehabilitation, portfolio, mobile. Meaning: ['bɪljən] 
n. 1. 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 2. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) 3. the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros. adj. 1. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States 2. denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain.
n. 1. 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 2. a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) 3. the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros. adj. 1. denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States 2. denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain. 
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(1) The country's trade surplus widened to 16.5 billion dollars.
(2) India has a population of more than 1 billion.
(3) The Treasury borrowed ￡40 billion, just to stay afloat.
(4) The value of other shares nosedived by ￡2.6 billion.
(5) There are 1.2 billion people in China now.
(6) A billion is 1 with 9 noughts after it.
(7) 25, 300 and a billion are all numbers.
(8) The bank has assets of more than ￡1 billion.
(9) The government made an appropriation of a billion for the new project.
(10) The government has promised an extra ￡1 billion for health care.
(11) One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god.
(12) The bank set aside ￡1.1 billion to cover bad debts from business failures.
(13) There are 7 billion people in this world, yet my heart chose you.
(14) This year, almost a billion birds will be processed in the region.
(15) Worldwide sales look set to top $1 billion.
(16) A billion stars shone in the night sky.
(17) Overseas debt is a staggering ￡16 billion.
(18) 1.5 billion cubic metres of earth were/was moved.
(19) The total cost will approximate ￡15 billion.
(20) The company posted a $1.1 billion loss.
(21) 8 billion has been wiped off share prices worldwide.
(22) In 2001 total exports were valued at $2 billion.
(23) The budget provided for expenditure of $2 billion.
(24) Imports topped ￡10 billion last month.
(25) The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.
(26) The budget provided for a total expenditure of ￡27 billion.
(27) The minister appealed to the Cabinet not to target her comparatively tiny budget of ￡4 billion.
(28) The estimated worth of the plastics and petrochemical industry is about $640 billion.
(29) All living creatures are thought to descend from an organism that came into being three billion years ago.
(30) Nicaragua was burdened with a foreign debt of $11 billion.