GILLION

Etymology

Numeral

gillion

(rare) A thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British milliard and the (ambiguous, in the UK, and unclear on an international scale) US billion.

Noun

gillion (plural gillions)

(slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).

Synonyms

• See also zillion.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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