Billion vs. Gillion — What's the Difference?
By Urooj Arif & Fiza Rafique — Updated on March 27, 2024
Billion represents a number (1,000,000,000), while gillion is not a standard numerical term in mathematics or finance.
Difference Between Billion and Gillion
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Billion
A billion is a number with two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000, i.e. one thousand million, or 109 (ten to the ninth power), as defined on the short scale.
Gillion
A thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British milliard and the (ambiguous, in the UK) US billion.
Billion
The cardinal number equal to 109.
Gillion
An unspecified large number (of).
Billion
Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 1012.
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Billion
An indefinitely large number.
Billion
A thousand million ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparison logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2]): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
Billion
A million million ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Comparison logic: 1,000,000^2]): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
Billion
An unspecified very large number.
There were billions of people at the concert.
Billion
According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.
Billion
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
Billion
The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
Billion
Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
Billion
Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
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