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trillion
[ tril-yuhn ]
noun
- a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
adjective
- amounting to one trillion in number.
trillion
/ ˈٰɪə /
noun
- the number represented as one followed by twelve zeros (10 12); a million million
- (formerly, in Britain) the number represented as one followed by eighteen zeros (10 18); a million million million
- often plural an exceptionally large but unspecified number
determiner
- preceded bya or a numeral
- amounting to a trillion
a trillion stars
- ( as pronoun )
there are three trillion
Derived Forms
- ˈٰDzԳٳ, nounadjective
Other Word Forms
- ٰlDzԳٳ noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of trillion1
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Example Sentences
The economic benefits of the act in that time frame were $2 trillion — 30 times the estimated cost to comply, the study found.
To that point, Trump’s initial tariff regime was so disruptive it is estimated that U.S. stock markets lost trillions of dollars in value over a week-long period earlier this month.
Company executives also addressed a recent report in the Wall Street Journal that Netflix had internal financial goals of reaching a $1 trillion market capitalization and doubling its revenue by 2030.
K2-18b is two and a half times the size of Earth and is seven hundred trillion miles away from us.
The spectacle caused the American stock market to lose trillions of dollars over the course of several days.
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