Trillion

/ˈtrɪljən/

Meaning & Definition

noun

The number equivalent to 1,000 raised to the power of 4, or 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12 or 10^18 in the short scale or long scale respectively).

The country’s national debt has exceeded twenty trillion dollars.

A trillion units, often used to express amounts in financial contexts.

Scientists estimate that there are approximately three trillion trees on Earth.

In a figurative sense, a very large number.

She has a trillion ideas for improving the project.

From the French ' trillion', from 'tri-' (three) and 'illion', as in million.

trillion dollar question

A question with an important or significant impact.

trillionaire

A person whose wealth is one trillion dollars or more.

billion

A cardinal number equal to one thousand millions (10^9).

quadrillion

A cardinal number equal to one thousand trillions (10^15).

million

A cardinal number equal to one thousand thousands (10^6).

A term used to describe an extremely large quantity of something.

I've got a trillion things to do today.

Used hyperbolically to indicate a vast number.

He owes me a trillion favors.