trillion
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- /ˈtrɪljən/
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billón
- The company's profits reached an astonishing trillion dollars last year, showcasing their growth.
- a trillion dollars
- 1 trillion
- approximately 1 trillion
And by the way, it's AI that made NVIDIA a trillion dollar company, not your teenage kids.
- And by the way, it's AI that made NVIDIA a trillion dollar company, not your teenage kids.
- And when you heard that they were printing trillions of dollars.
- It's massive macroeconomic, geopolitical power, because now we're talking hundreds of trillions of dollars in assets.
- When it comes to fashion, the folks at the very top of the pyramid are making a trillion dollars.
Examples
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First of all, that's a trillion dollars we can't invest in this country, in education or in infrastructure or research to create the next new thing.
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In contrast, American banks alone have more than $5 trillion in outstanding loans and investments.
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How in the world can we keep adding a trillion dollars to our public debt every three months?
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Recent figures report that top U.S. and European financial companies wrote off over one trillion dollars.
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For example, Saudi Arabia has invested approximately $1 trillion in the American economy.
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Global debt has surged to over trillion dollars, raising concerns about economic stability.
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In 2021, the government allocated a trillion dollar budget to improve infrastructure and public services.
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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Etymology
Trillion comes from the beginning tri- meaning 'three' and the ending -illion as in million, so as a numeral it names the third large number after million and billion. In number form a trillion is written as 1,000,000,000,000.