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one thousand million

one thousand million

1.0
A number equal to 1,000,000,000 written as one followed by nine zeros
  • numeral
  • UK
translation icon : mil millones
  • The population of the country reached one thousand million last year.

Examples

  • The company reported annual profits of over one thousand million dollars.

  • Population estimates have risen to more than one thousand million in the region.

  • In scientific notation, one thousand million is written as 1 × 10⁹.

  • The event attracted one thousand million viewers online.

  • The population of the city reached one thousand million in the latest census.

  • After raising funds, the startup was valued at one thousand million dollars.

  • The charity aims to provide support to one thousand million people worldwide.

Synonyms

billion
vsone thousand million
330 1.0

One thousand million written 1,000,000,000, sometimes formerly used in Britain to mean one million million

is strictly the number 1,000,000,000 without the older larger sense

Surface Forms

one thousand million cardinal word
1,000,000,000 cardinal digit
1.000.000.000 cardinal digit

Morphology

one + thousand + million

The phrase is fully compositional: combining the numeral elements ('one' + 'thousand' + 'million') yields the arithmetic value 1,000,000,000 (one thousand times one million). Numeric expressions follow clear place-value rules and similar patterns exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent numerals can derive the meaning.

Etymology

The number one thousand million simply names the number 1,000,000,000 by saying one thousand groups of one million. People sometimes use these words to be clear because the word 'billion' can mean different things in different places.