A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
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.
The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros.
Number name for 1000 million or one million million depending on the scale used.
1The budget gap could reach 250 billion pesos this year, traders said.
2Later this year, 150 billion yuan more will come onto the market.
3Last year Italian police seized several billion euros' worth of 'Ndrangheta assets.
4The company said its market cap currently is roughly 55 billion reais.
5The state budget deficit this year is projected at 195 billion riyals.
6Oil drilling produced more than 130 billion gallons of water last year.
7The regulation requires them to use about 11 billion gallons this year.
8Gas subsidies cost Petronas about 20 billion ringgit a year, he said.
9Caffarelli said digital and mobile banking transactions surpassed 1 billion last year.
10A few billion people will not celebrate the new year next week.
11Links: Did Andromeda crash into the Milky Way 10 billion years ago?
12At current market prices the stake is worth about 1 billion euros.
13That means only 15 billion euros of Athens' debt increase is unanticipated.
14He wants to see that number hit 1 billion within five years.
15The public health system has accumulated reserves of nearly 20 billion euros.
16According to WATERisLIFE, nearly one billion people lack access to safe water.