billionaire
- noun
- /ˈbɪljəˌnɛr/
- First, he was rich, a billionaire by our standards.
- become a billionaire
- an American billionaire
Spielberg didn't become a billionaire by making movies, OK.
- Spielberg didn't become a billionaire by making movies, OK.
- Some of them don't even believe billionaires should exist at all.
- So look, I hope to be a billionaire one day.
- And if billionaires need Rolls Royces, they should get Rolls Royces.
- Meanwhile, all of the money is going to the billionaire class.
- Bill Ackman, Jewish billionaire retweets on his Twitter feed.
- It seems like we have the billionaires, we have the need.
- Not does the does Israeli billionaire guy call you at this point?
- I came to sip soup and tax billionaires and I'm all out of soup.
- And of those one billionaire chronically hungry, they're not getting enough.
Examples
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He is a self-made billionaire who started his career selling lemonade at fairs.
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The fabulous fortune of the Texas billionaire H. L. Hunt rested on oil drawn out of the Earth.
Academic text (1993) -
Anybody know who this lucky billionaire is?
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Today, we bring you a story involving a missing Russian billionaire.
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So what is with this new billionaire obsession with football?
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How much do billionaires really pay in taxes?
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He's 28 years old, and in three days he'll be a billionaire when his company, Knox Technologies, goes public.
Fiction book (2000) -
CEU, founded by billionaire George Soros, is also accredited in New York State.
Academic text (2017) -
Many consider Elon Musk to be the richest billionaire in the world today.
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The documentary explores the lives of several famous billionaires and their impact on society.
Synonyms
A person who has a very large amount of money
A person who has several billion dollars in wealth
A person who has at least one trillion dollars or euros
A person who has many billions of dollars
Having a huge amount of money
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Etymology
Billionaire comes from billion plus the ending -aire, like in millionaire. Billion means 'a thousand million' and -aire names a person who has that amount, so a billionaire is someone worth at least a billion units of money.