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billion [ˈbıljən] N ADJ

1. billion:

billion

(英、德)万亿(的) wànyì

2. billion:

billion

(美、法)十亿(的) shíyì

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As such, he was responsible for overseeing over $90 billion of sales of military equipment to foreign countries. en.wikipedia.org

The main resource of the institution is endowments, estimated to be worth $15 billion. en.wikipedia.org

The cost to replace the deteriorating water and sanitation infrastructure of industrialized countries may be as high as $200 billion a year. en.wikipedia.org

The stock market eventually settled down but fell in value from $45.5 billion before the crash to only $14 billion by 1991. en.wikipedia.org

It was expected to touch the one billion mark by 2013. en.wikipedia.org

This 2.2 billion year old formation consists of thin layers of sediment that were deposited in a marine environment and subsequently metamorphosed. en.wikipedia.org

She scaled the team to support a $1 billion revenue business. en.wikipedia.org

It estimates that by the year 2015, 2.3 billion people will be overweight and 700 million will be obese. en.wikipedia.org

Economic growth was further fueled by foreign credits in the 1970s, but this eventually led to a growing foreign debt, which peaked at $1112 billion. en.wikipedia.org

This delay in the schedule caused the projected costs to increase tremendously, from an initial projected cost of $7.0 billion to $14.5 billion. en.wikipedia.org

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