billion
/ˈbɪljən/
noun
billionnoun
/ˈbɪljən/миллиард
the number 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million)
  • The company is now worth several billion dollars.
  • Scientists think the universe is about 14 billion years old.
From the textMore than 2 billion people speak an Indo-European language as their first language.