trillion
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈtrɪljən/
:
billón
- It hit a peak of half a trillion dollars in market value.
- a trillion dollars
- trillions of dollars' worth
- billions and trillions
They're going to have to print trillions, trillions.
- They're going to have to print trillions, trillions.
- And can the planet sustain a trillion people, trillions of people?
- Now it's almost a trillion in another year or two.
- This is at the same time as trillions of dollars are being printed.
- Dude, dude, we owe them trillions of dollars.
- Your bank is already worth trillions of dollars.
- It is trillions upon trillions of dollars.
- But most stars will last for trillions of years.
- And the my, my goal is when I hit a trillion, I'll probably hang it up.
- And and those are the big institutions that are doing trillions of dollars, forget billions.
Examples
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They've lost almost half a trillion dollars in market cap.
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We spend a trillion dollars a year on the Pentagon.
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Your bank is already worth trillions of dollars.
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As I have said, the Fed has put trillions into the economy.
Blog text (3) -
We have spent 40 years and trillions of dollars on this dangerous farce.
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Companies are sitting on trillions of dollars that should be reinvested in jobs.
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Trillions were spent on defense, intelligence, foreign aid, and prestige projects like the Apollo space program.
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It is trillions upon trillions of dollars.
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The result was a global recession, which cost the world tens of trillions of dollars, rendered 30 million people unemployed and doubled the national debt of the United States.
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The project will cost over a trillion dollars, which is beyond what we initially budgeted.
Synonyms
A number equal to one followed by twelve zeros
Compounds
- Specialized
A measure of computer speed equal to one trillion math calculations every second
How Big
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7.5
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2.8
330
1.0
- Informal
417
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1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trillion comes from the beginning tri- meaning 'three' plus the same ending as million (-illion), so it is the third big name after million and billion. That's why a trillion is the very large number 1,000,000,000,000.