Definition of trillion in English:

trillion

cardinal number ˈtrɪljənˈtrɪljən

1A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²).
Example sentencesExamples
- Orders are placed for 100 million cars, at a cost of a trillion dollars - a major boost to the economy.
- Neutrinos are extremely abundant in nature - trillions of them are passing through us at any given moment.
- Japan's total savings market of 44 million households is about $10 trillion, or half the U.S. market.
- The planet's electromagnetic field is decaying due to the outer core of the Earth, itself a ball of trillions of tons of liquid metal, having stopped moving.
- The signal is thought to have been transmitted 31 million years ago and travelled 182 trillion miles to reach us on Earth.
- Scientists tell us that just after the ‘big bang’ the temperature was 100 million trillion trillion degrees.
- Estimates for the total cost of reunification range from hundreds of billion to a few trillion dollars.
- Their business with each other exceeds $2.5 trillion a year and provides jobs for some 12 million workers.
- Why do we need trillions of dollars worth of prescription drugs.
- Government data shows that Indonesia has reserves of 10 billion barrels of oil and 150 trillion cubic feet of gas.
- Estimates show Spanish Point could contain up to 1.1 trillion cubic feet of gas and 112 millions of barrels of oil in the nearby Burren field.
- The most distant objects in the universe are about a hundred billion trillion miles away.
- BAT sold 800 billion of the 5.3 trillion cigarettes in the global market last year.
- And if we keep doing that we'll get the national debt down to about $1.1 trillion over the next 10 years.
- The loans, which amount to trillions of yen, are seen as a key hurdle to economic revival.
- There are now more than 200 million vehicles traveling 5 trillion miles per year in the United States alone.
- After all, it only has a population of 33 million and a GDP of $1.07 trillion.
- The federal government spends over $2 trillion annually on more than 1,000 programs.
- These companies employ about six million Canadians and generate as much as $1.3 trillion in gross annual sales.
- This resulted in the quadrupling of the debt from $568 billion US to about $2 trillion US.
1. 1.1trillionsinformal A very large number or amount.
  the yammering of trillions of voices
  Example sentencesExamples
  The government organisation for whom I slog my guts out are making trillions of people redundant due to a ‘restructure’.
  A baby is born with trillions of circuits in its brain.
  You'd think with all their trillions of dollars they could afford therapy or something.
  I look forward to someone adding it all up, but it's easily in the trillions.
  All this ridiculous wealth: trillions and zillions of it in less than a cubic mile of the City.
  I would never, ever in a million billion trillion years kiss Macy's feet.
  You can't get a hundred per cent guarantees and you can't spend trillions of dollars trying to guard a single Qantas office.
  There were trillions of them, shimmering against the blue and black sky.
  The amount is a joke compared to the trillions lost by investors and the billions in fees that the brokerages earned.
  Eventually, everyone in the world who has ever logged on will owe us a million billion trillion dollars.
2. 1.2British dated A million million million (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10¹⁸).
  Example sentencesExamples
  A British trillion used to be one million American trillions, but they are mostly the same now.
  Furthermore, the British trillion is a million times of its American counterpart!

Derivatives

trillionth

ordinal number ˈtrɪljənθˈtrɪljənθ

1Constituting number one trillion in a sequence.
the trillionth digit
1. 1.1informal Constituting an unspecified but very large number in a sequence.
Example sentencesExamples
- Neko called Ruy's cell phone for the trillionth time and still nobody picked up.
- Once again, for the millionth and trillionth time (oh, trust me, I know), I am asking my lovely readers to become lovelier reviewers.
- we watch the ceremony for the trillionth time
- a picogram is a trillionth of a gram
- timescales of a few trillionths of a second
2Each of one trillion equal parts into which something is or may be divided.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix tri- 'three' for the initial letters.

Rhymes

billion, jillion, million, bajillion, modillion, multibillion, multimillion, pillion, septillion, sextillion, squillion, zillion

Definition of trillion in US English:

trillion

cardinal numberˈtrilyənˈtrɪljən

1A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²).
Example sentencesExamples
- Estimates for the total cost of reunification range from hundreds of billion to a few trillion dollars.
- The most distant objects in the universe are about a hundred billion trillion miles away.
- Government data shows that Indonesia has reserves of 10 billion barrels of oil and 150 trillion cubic feet of gas.
- After all, it only has a population of 33 million and a GDP of $1.07 trillion.
- The federal government spends over $2 trillion annually on more than 1,000 programs.
- Japan's total savings market of 44 million households is about $10 trillion, or half the U.S. market.
- This resulted in the quadrupling of the debt from $568 billion US to about $2 trillion US.
- There are now more than 200 million vehicles traveling 5 trillion miles per year in the United States alone.
- BAT sold 800 billion of the 5.3 trillion cigarettes in the global market last year.
- The planet's electromagnetic field is decaying due to the outer core of the Earth, itself a ball of trillions of tons of liquid metal, having stopped moving.
- Their business with each other exceeds $2.5 trillion a year and provides jobs for some 12 million workers.
- These companies employ about six million Canadians and generate as much as $1.3 trillion in gross annual sales.
- Scientists tell us that just after the ‘big bang’ the temperature was 100 million trillion trillion degrees.
- Why do we need trillions of dollars worth of prescription drugs.
- The signal is thought to have been transmitted 31 million years ago and travelled 182 trillion miles to reach us on Earth.
- The loans, which amount to trillions of yen, are seen as a key hurdle to economic revival.
- And if we keep doing that we'll get the national debt down to about $1.1 trillion over the next 10 years.
- Estimates show Spanish Point could contain up to 1.1 trillion cubic feet of gas and 112 millions of barrels of oil in the nearby Burren field.
- Orders are placed for 100 million cars, at a cost of a trillion dollars - a major boost to the economy.
- Neutrinos are extremely abundant in nature - trillions of them are passing through us at any given moment.
1. 1.1trillionsinformal A very large number or amount.
  the yammering of trillions of voices
  Example sentencesExamples
  I look forward to someone adding it all up, but it's easily in the trillions.
  All this ridiculous wealth: trillions and zillions of it in less than a cubic mile of the City.
  There were trillions of them, shimmering against the blue and black sky.
  A baby is born with trillions of circuits in its brain.
  I would never, ever in a million billion trillion years kiss Macy's feet.
  You can't get a hundred per cent guarantees and you can't spend trillions of dollars trying to guard a single Qantas office.
  The amount is a joke compared to the trillions lost by investors and the billions in fees that the brokerages earned.
  You'd think with all their trillions of dollars they could afford therapy or something.
  Eventually, everyone in the world who has ever logged on will owe us a million billion trillion dollars.
  The government organisation for whom I slog my guts out are making trillions of people redundant due to a ‘restructure’.
2. 1.2British dated A million million million (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10¹⁸).
  Example sentencesExamples
  A British trillion used to be one million American trillions, but they are mostly the same now.
  Furthermore, the British trillion is a million times of its American counterpart!

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix tri- ‘three’ for the initial letters.

单词	trillion
释义	Definition of trillion in English: trillion cardinal number ˈtrɪljənˈtrɪljən 1A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²). Example sentencesExamples Orders are placed for 100 million cars, at a cost of a trillion dollars - a major boost to the economy. Neutrinos are extremely abundant in nature - trillions of them are passing through us at any given moment. Japan's total savings market of 44 million households is about $10 trillion, or half the U.S. market. The planet's electromagnetic field is decaying due to the outer core of the Earth, itself a ball of trillions of tons of liquid metal, having stopped moving. The signal is thought to have been transmitted 31 million years ago and travelled 182 trillion miles to reach us on Earth. Scientists tell us that just after the ‘big bang’ the temperature was 100 million trillion trillion degrees. Estimates for the total cost of reunification range from hundreds of billion to a few trillion dollars. Their business with each other exceeds $2.5 trillion a year and provides jobs for some 12 million workers. Why do we need trillions of dollars worth of prescription drugs. Government data shows that Indonesia has reserves of 10 billion barrels of oil and 150 trillion cubic feet of gas. Estimates show Spanish Point could contain up to 1.1 trillion cubic feet of gas and 112 millions of barrels of oil in the nearby Burren field. The most distant objects in the universe are about a hundred billion trillion miles away. BAT sold 800 billion of the 5.3 trillion cigarettes in the global market last year. And if we keep doing that we'll get the national debt down to about $1.1 trillion over the next 10 years. The loans, which amount to trillions of yen, are seen as a key hurdle to economic revival. There are now more than 200 million vehicles traveling 5 trillion miles per year in the United States alone. After all, it only has a population of 33 million and a GDP of $1.07 trillion. The federal government spends over $2 trillion annually on more than 1,000 programs. These companies employ about six million Canadians and generate as much as $1.3 trillion in gross annual sales. This resulted in the quadrupling of the debt from $568 billion US to about $2 trillion US. 1.1trillionsinformal A very large number or amount. the yammering of trillions of voices Example sentencesExamples The government organisation for whom I slog my guts out are making trillions of people redundant due to a ‘restructure’. A baby is born with trillions of circuits in its brain. You'd think with all their trillions of dollars they could afford therapy or something. I look forward to someone adding it all up, but it's easily in the trillions. All this ridiculous wealth: trillions and zillions of it in less than a cubic mile of the City. I would never, ever in a million billion trillion years kiss Macy's feet. You can't get a hundred per cent guarantees and you can't spend trillions of dollars trying to guard a single Qantas office. There were trillions of them, shimmering against the blue and black sky. The amount is a joke compared to the trillions lost by investors and the billions in fees that the brokerages earned. Eventually, everyone in the world who has ever logged on will owe us a million billion trillion dollars. 1.2British dated A million million million (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10¹⁸). Example sentencesExamples A British trillion used to be one million American trillions, but they are mostly the same now. Furthermore, the British trillion is a million times of its American counterpart! Derivatives trillionth ordinal number ˈtrɪljənθˈtrɪljənθ 1Constituting number one trillion in a sequence. the trillionth digit 1.1informal Constituting an unspecified but very large number in a sequence. Example sentencesExamples Neko called Ruy's cell phone for the trillionth time and still nobody picked up. Once again, for the millionth and trillionth time (oh, trust me, I know), I am asking my lovely readers to become lovelier reviewers. we watch the ceremony for the trillionth time a picogram is a trillionth of a gram timescales of a few trillionths of a second 2Each of one trillion equal parts into which something is or may be divided. Origin Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix tri- 'three' for the initial letters. Rhymes billion, jillion, million, bajillion, modillion, multibillion, multimillion, pillion, septillion, sextillion, squillion, zillion Definition of trillion in US English: trillion cardinal numberˈtrilyənˈtrɪljən 1A million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²). Example sentencesExamples Estimates for the total cost of reunification range from hundreds of billion to a few trillion dollars. The most distant objects in the universe are about a hundred billion trillion miles away. Government data shows that Indonesia has reserves of 10 billion barrels of oil and 150 trillion cubic feet of gas. After all, it only has a population of 33 million and a GDP of $1.07 trillion. The federal government spends over $2 trillion annually on more than 1,000 programs. Japan's total savings market of 44 million households is about $10 trillion, or half the U.S. market. This resulted in the quadrupling of the debt from $568 billion US to about $2 trillion US. There are now more than 200 million vehicles traveling 5 trillion miles per year in the United States alone. BAT sold 800 billion of the 5.3 trillion cigarettes in the global market last year. The planet's electromagnetic field is decaying due to the outer core of the Earth, itself a ball of trillions of tons of liquid metal, having stopped moving. Their business with each other exceeds $2.5 trillion a year and provides jobs for some 12 million workers. These companies employ about six million Canadians and generate as much as $1.3 trillion in gross annual sales. Scientists tell us that just after the ‘big bang’ the temperature was 100 million trillion trillion degrees. Why do we need trillions of dollars worth of prescription drugs. The signal is thought to have been transmitted 31 million years ago and travelled 182 trillion miles to reach us on Earth. The loans, which amount to trillions of yen, are seen as a key hurdle to economic revival. And if we keep doing that we'll get the national debt down to about $1.1 trillion over the next 10 years. Estimates show Spanish Point could contain up to 1.1 trillion cubic feet of gas and 112 millions of barrels of oil in the nearby Burren field. Orders are placed for 100 million cars, at a cost of a trillion dollars - a major boost to the economy. Neutrinos are extremely abundant in nature - trillions of them are passing through us at any given moment. 1.1trillionsinformal A very large number or amount. the yammering of trillions of voices Example sentencesExamples I look forward to someone adding it all up, but it's easily in the trillions. All this ridiculous wealth: trillions and zillions of it in less than a cubic mile of the City. There were trillions of them, shimmering against the blue and black sky. A baby is born with trillions of circuits in its brain. I would never, ever in a million billion trillion years kiss Macy's feet. You can't get a hundred per cent guarantees and you can't spend trillions of dollars trying to guard a single Qantas office. The amount is a joke compared to the trillions lost by investors and the billions in fees that the brokerages earned. You'd think with all their trillions of dollars they could afford therapy or something. Eventually, everyone in the world who has ever logged on will owe us a million billion trillion dollars. The government organisation for whom I slog my guts out are making trillions of people redundant due to a ‘restructure’. 1.2British dated A million million million (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10¹⁸). Example sentencesExamples A British trillion used to be one million American trillions, but they are mostly the same now. Furthermore, the British trillion is a million times of its American counterpart! Origin Late 17th century: from French, from million, by substitution of the prefix tri- ‘three’ for the initial letters.
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