2. Noun. (plural of billion) ¹
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Definition of Billions
1. billion [n] - See also: billion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billions
Literary usage of Billions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readings in Industrial Society: A Study in the Structure and Functioning of by Leon Carroll Marshall (1918)
"Of the remaining 89 billions, 2 billions are coin and bullion. Of the remaining
87 billions, 62 billions are land and improvements and 16 billions are ..."
2. America and the Balance Sheet of Europe by John Foster Bass, Harold Glenn Moulton (1921)
"of the reduction of capital by 105 billions, Tardieu, as we have seen, discards
the 13 per cent and takes 6 per cent, the net income. ..."
3. The Value of Money by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1917)
"The range in country clearings is from 23.8 billions, in 1897, to 57.8 billions,
... New York clearings, however, go up and down, 42 billions in 1898, ..."
4. The American Empire by Scott Nearing (1921)
"In 1913 Great Britain had about 20 billions of dollars of foreign investments,
as compared with 9 billions for France and about 6 billions for Germany. ..."
5. The Measure of the Circle: Perfected in January, 1845 by John Davis (1854)
"billions. Tens of billions. Hundreds of billions. Thousands of billions. Tens of
thousands of billions. Hundreds of thousands of billions. ..."
6. Bulletin of the American Economic Association by American Economic Association (1911)
"Note the facts as reported by the 1904 census: Out of the 107 billions of material
wealth ... Of the remaining 89 billions, 2 billions are coin and bullion. ..."
7. The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction by Isaiah Leo Sharfman (1921)
"Between 1906 and 1916 there was an additional increase in freight traffic of
about 60 per cent., the ton mileage mounting from 215.9 billions in 1906 to ..."
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