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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bil·lion / ˈbilyən/ • cardinal number (pl. -lions or (with numeral or quantifying word) same) the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million; 1,000,000,000 or 10⁹: a world population of over 6 billion. ∎ (billions) inf. a very large number or amount of something: our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now. ∎ a billion dollars (or pounds, etc.). DERIVATIVES: bil·lionth / -yən[unvoicedth]/ ordinal number .

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

billion XVII. — F. billion, arbitrarily f. million MILLION, by substitution of BI- for the initial mi-.

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billion

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

billion •Italian, stallion •cañon, canyon, companion •hellion, rebellion •Kenyan •Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian •billion, jillion, million, modillion, multimillion, pillion, septillion, sextillion, squillion, trillion, zillion •minion, opinion, pinion •carillon • slumgullion •bunion, Bunyan, grunion, onion, Runyon •roentgen • damson • Kansan • Tarzan •blazon, brazen, emblazon, liaison, raisin •Spätlesen •reason, season, treason •arisen, grison, imprison, mizzen, prison, risen, uprisen •Pilsen • crimson • malison •benison, denizen •orison • citizen •bedizen, greisen, horizon, kaizen •Stockhausen •chosen, frozen •Lederhosen • poison • Susan •cousin, cozen, dozen •Amazon

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