trillion[noun]Synonyms: scad, gob(s), heap, jillion, load(s), million, oodles, quantities, thousand, wad(s)
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tril‧lion /ˈtrɪljən/
number (
plural trillion or trillions)
[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: tri- 'three' + -illion (as in million)]
1. the number 1,000,000,000,000:
In a short time the number of cells is more than a trillion.two/three/four etc trillion $5.3 trillion Japan’s exports were worth $43 trillion last year.trillions of pounds/dollars etc the trillions of dollars in the bond markets2. informal an extremely large number of people or things
a trillion a shirt with a trillion holes in ittrillions of We’ve made this mistake trillions of times before.3. British English old use the number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
—trillionth adjective—trillionth noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲