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.
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151. All in all, around £3.5 billion of the company's annual turnover might be chopped out.
152. The industrialized world now contributes about $ 1 billion per year through bilateral aid programs to relieve urban congestion.
153. The airline asked five airplane makers to bid on an order for $ 1 billion worth of new jets.
154. They said an auction of the airwaves would have drawn $ 20 billion to $ 70 billion.
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155. All plants and animals are, with hindsight, the same because they all descend from an ancestor three billion years old.
156. Its domestic equity funds account for only $ 13 billion of its $ 145 billion in assets under management.
157. They meet again today in a desperate bid to sort out who gets what of next year's £244.5 billion spending cake.
158. They showed no qualms in spending £3 billion in a futile attempt to prop up the Pound.
159. A billion people in the world will not have access to clean drinking water.
160. Kaiser in San Mateo, California, which manages $ 1 billion in assets.
161. Even with shipping costs of a billion dollars per ton, helium-3 would still be a great bargain.
162. The three-month trend shows sterling lending to the private sector averaging only about £1 billion a month.
163. It was custodian to more than $ 900 billion in assets before the Harris purchase.
164. In 1952, 3 billion 10-milligram amphetamine tablets were being produced annually in the United States.
165. In addition, more than $ 1 billion of new agency debt was priced.
166. Record industry executives called Napster's offer inadequate for an industry with annual revenues of $ 40 billion.
167. Firm backlog rose to $ 19. 64 million on Dec. 31 from $ 17. 5 billion a year earlier.
168. At the time, Templeton had about $ 11 billion in assets.
169. About £3 billion went on reducing pollution caused by all kinds of waste and £2.4 billion on curbing air pollution.
170. The program's cost has ballooned from $270 million to more than $1 billion.
171. The country is reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt.
172. Around the world, some 3 billion pairs of eyes will notice their logos, slogans and billboards.
173. It will bear the brunt of the estimated $ 1 billion cost for the changes on Okinawa.
174. By December 1995, 91 unit trusts had a total asset base of 33. 7 billion rand.
175. BFreeman wants to slash at least $ 400 million from an annual budget of $ 2. 4 billion.
176. A record 81 companies announced plans to do $ 48 billion in spinoffs last year, according to Securities Data Corp.
177. It is currently holding a gilt auction of around £3 billion on the last Wednesday of every month.
178. Together, the two companies will have $ 8. 4 billion in annual revenue.
179. The company will sell about 60 billion lire to the public by the end of January, say investment bankers.
180. Much of the remaining $ 52. 7 billion general fund also is on autopilot.