centibillion
centibillion numeral: hundred billion.
Numeral
centibillion (plural centibillions)
- Hundred billion.
- As an example of how long Keynes’ influence has outlived the man himself, President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 after presenting a centibillion dollar national budget remarked fatalistically—and perhaps ironically: “I am now a Keynesian in economics!”1973, Rose L. Martin, “High Finance in a Changing World”, in The Selling of America, Santa Monica, Calif.: Fidelis Publishers Inc., →LCCN, pages 231–232
- In effect, today’s centibillion-dollar U.S. trade deficits are the financial costs of a Marshall Plan for the 1980s. […] Through trade, we help keep the global economy afloat but at the cost of bankruptcies and centibillion-dollar trade deficits.1985 August 12, Lawrence Minard, “Noah’s ark, anyone?”, in Forbes, volume 136, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Inc., →ISSN, pages 76–77
- Synonyms:
- hectobillion
Examples of centibillion in a sentence
- Seen from the present day—a time of general disrepair in banking and of a centibillion-dollar crisis in the so-called thrift industry—the turn of the century has a powerful nostalgic appeal.1992, James Grant, “Democratizing Credit”, in Money of the Mind: Borrowing and Lending in America from the Civil War to Michael Milken, New...
- Well, we do persist: centibillion-dollar federal deficits still stretch as far as the eye can see, and other indicators of governmental and personal imprudence are rife.1995 February 6, William S. Rukeyser, “Pardon Me, But Is This Armageddon?”, in Fortune, volume 131, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc....
- The centibillion-dollar question is, who can become the AOL or Microsoft of car portals?2000 April 17, Rich Karlgaard, “Digital Rules: General Motors Is a Buy”, in Forbes, volume 165, number 9, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Inc....
Synonyms of centibillion
Forms of centibillion
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Origin of centibillion
From centi- (“hundred”) + billion.
Questions about centibillion
- What does centibillion mean?
- Centibillion means hundred billion.
- How do you use centibillion in a sentence?
- Seen from the present day—a time of general disrepair in banking and of a centibillion-dollar crisis in the so-called thrift industry—the turn of the century has a powerful nostalgic appeal.
- What part of speech is centibillion?
- Centibillion is a numeral.
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