Word forms: plural trillionslanguage note: The plural form is trillion after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as 'several'or 'a few'.
number
A trillion is a million million.
Between July 1st and October 1st, the central bank printed over 2 trillion roubles.
We consist of trillions of cells.
trillion in British English
(ˈtrɪljən)
noun
1.
the number represented as one followed by twelve zeros (1012); a million million
2.
(formerly, in Britain) the number represented as one followed by eighteen zeros (1018); a million million million
3. (often plural)
an exceptionally large but unspecified number
determiner
4. (preceded bya or a numeral)
a.
amounting to a trillion
a trillion stars
b.
(as pronoun)
there are three trillion
Derived forms
trillionth (ˈtrillionth)
noun, adjective
Word origin
C17: from French, on the model of million
trillion in American English
(ˈtrɪljɛn)
noun
1. US
the number represented by 1 followed by 12 zeros
2. British
the number represented by 1 followed by 18 zeros
3.
an indefinite but very large number
a hyperbolic use
adjective
4.
amounting to one trillion in number
Word origin
Fr < tri-, tri- + (mi)llion
Examples of 'trillion' in a sentence
trillion
Central banks fuelled the boom in government bonds by buying trillions of dollars through QE.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His comments highlight the dilemma facing central bankers who unleashed trillions of dollars of quantitative easing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Where does the three trillion euros come from?
The Sun (2011)
The leaders promised to spend one trillion dollars to save the world economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Britain consumes about three trillion cubic feet a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He says that this has lost about a trillion dollars in value since the credit crunch set in.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Another way of saying one trillion is to think of it as one thousand billion or one million million.
The Sun (2009)
The national budget deficit is already predicted to reach $1.6 trillion this year.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This was widely interpreted as suggesting an injection of about €1 trillion.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The banks were worth trillions and then they weren't.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
As a result, big companies are collectively hoarding trillions of dollars abroad.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Under the plan, government spending would also have been cut by three trillion dollars.
The Sun (2011)
The gross national product approached and then swiftly passed a trillion dollars, but inflation was becoming increasingly serious.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
China's local government owes 10.7 trillion yuan and is in need of liquidity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
France's national debt has tripled in three decades to more than €1 trillion.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
More than €1 trillion will be injected into the eurozone to halt an alarming slide into stagnation, it was announced yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Can you imagine 2,000 years ago or 10,000 or how about ten million or a billion years ago or a trillion or a billion trillion years ago?
Christianity Today (2000)
Traders fear that the bank 's 1.4 trillion balance sheet could contain more hidden problems and that the worsening global economy will add to the red ink.