multibillion

multibillion

See also: multi-billion

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English billion
English multibillion

    From multi- + billion.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌmʌltiˈbɪljən/

    Adjective

    multibillion (not comparable)

    1. Having a value of several billion (in general, at least two billion).
      • 2012 July 3, Marina Hyde, “A lesson in Olymp-o-nomics”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
        According to a study by me, this generates a multibillion facepalm for the UK economy, making everyone who considers it at least eleventy hundred pounds unhappier.

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