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billion | gillian |

As a noun gillian is

(obsolete) a girl, especially a wanton; a gill.

billion

English

Numeral

(head)
  • A milliard, a thousand million: 1 followed by nine zeros, 109.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=No hiding place
    • , date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
  • A million million: a 1 followed by twelve zeros, 1012.
  • (colloquial, in the plural, hyperbole) A very large number.

    • See also

    * (short scale) Previous': million. ' Next trillion: * (long scale) Previous': milliard. ' Next billiard: * ISO prefix: giga-

    Derived terms

    * billionaire

    Related terms

    * trillion, coined at same time

    gillian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Jillian

    Proper noun

    (en-proper noun).
  • . Medieval variant of Julian and Juliana, revived and quite popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.
  • * 1591 William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors : Act III, Scene I:
    • Dromio of Ephesus . Maud, Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian , Ginn!
    Dromio of Syracuse . Mome, malt-horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! - - -
  • *:: Dost thou conjure for wenches, that thou call'st for such a store
  • * 1994 Floyd Skloot: Summer Blue . Story Line press 1994. ISBN 0934257086 page 98:
    • "Just Jill, I'm afraid." "Would you prefer if it was Gillian'?" "Oh, I think so. '''Gillian''' sounds so much fancier." "Fancy?" Terrence said. He smiled at her. "Or perhaps it sounds flashy?" "Royal," Richard said. "Flowery," Terrence added. "You could say '''Gillian''' was more flowery. That would fit. What about you, Corrie, what does it sound like to you?" "Rich," Corrie glanced at Jill. "' Gillian sounds richer than Jill."