Billion vs Bing - What's the difference?
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A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109.
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A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.
(colloquial, in the plural, hyperbole) A very large number.
(slang): Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
(British) A heap or pile, such as a slag heap. Cognate with Scots bing.
The sound made by a bell, an
: Bing ! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times.
:: Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010 , Jim Rankin http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010)
: Bing Bang Boing
:: Douglas Florian, 1994 http://books.google.com/books?id=KtsSWKOWfnwC&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false (accessed 17 September 2010)
: The Tao of Bada Bing
:: David Chase, 2003 http://books.google.com/books?id=R9FlujWxnDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1566492785 (accessed 17 September 2010)
As a numeral billion
is a milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109.As a noun bing is
: Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.As a proper noun Bing is
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