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The correct spelling is bln. (modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard For example: "There were billions of people at the concert."

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There were billions of people at the concert.

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noun

  1. 1.(modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
  2. 2.(British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
  3. 3.An unspecified very large number.
  4. 4.Initialism of Brown lunation number.

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