billion

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Yes, a billion is a very big number, but to spend a billion or even seven point seven of them spent for the good will and PR these 8,000+ jobs projects around the country will generate is not a bad way to spend two percent of the overall budget on a government bill.

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  1. noun The cardinal number equal to 109.
  2. noun Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1012.
  3. noun An indefinitely large number.

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  • Now that a billion is the new million and a trillion is the new billion, we probably need to get this right.I won't even comment on the politics and spin on this topic.
  • Yes, a billion is a thousand million Ponter sagged in his chair. —  Analog, March 2002
  • Barack Obama and Vice President Biden today announced the release of $28 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to states and local transportation authorities to repair and build highways, roads and bridges. —  All American Patriots: US politics, domestic and world news, science, environment, energy and technology - Dispatches from the depths of U.S. government
  • A few hundred million used to be large enough; now a billion is the target. —  Entrepreneur.com: Latest Articles
  • The vast majority of the money will be distributed through competitive grants, which plays to the strengths of San Diego's vaunted scientific research institutions, and should ensure that the region will get its share, if not more than its share of the $10 billion from the National Institutes of Health and $3 billion from the National Science Foundation. —  NEWS updates from www.voiceofsandiego.org
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  1. French, a million million : blend of bi-, second power; see bi-1 and million.

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  1. French, contracted from bi-million, from Latin bi-, twice (second power), + French million, million.
 

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