TRILLION


Meaning of TRILLION in English

— trillionth , n. , adj.

/tril"yeuhn/ , n. , pl. trillions , ( as after a numeral ) trillion , adj.

n.

1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.

adj.

2. amounting to one trillion in number.

[ 1680-90; tr ( i )- TRI- + ( m ) illion MILLION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .