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quadrillionaire

quadrillionaire noun: somebody whose wealth is at least one quadrillion (10¹⁵) currency units (which is possible only in places with hyperinflated currencies).

Noun

quadrillionaire (plural quadrillionaires)

  1. Somebody whose wealth is at least one quadrillion (10¹⁵) currency units (which is possible only in places with hyperinflated currencies).
    • No doubt, had a million or so more worlds been equally accessible, Ford could have been a quadrillionaire in two or three more years.1954, Thurman Andrew, Property, Profits, and People, page 39
    • This is a novel by the author of The Love of Stones (2001). "John Law is a man full of secrets. People call him the Cryptographer, or the Codemaker. He is mysterious and charming, the world's first quadrillionaire, the inventor of an unbreakable code, of a new form of electronic money called Soft...2003, H.W. Wilson Company, Book review digest - Volume 99, page 537
  2. (broadly, figuratively) An extremely wealthy person.
    • If I were a quadrillionaire, I can see How I might meet these wash-bills with just a degree Of plain aflability,-but as I'm not, And probably never will be, I'll be shot If I see how it is that they charge so much here That a laundryman makes off one man, in a year, Enough boodle to keep him the...1891 September, W.A.G., “Ode On My Washbill”, in The Round Table, volume 38, number 1
    • Loonies are always good material; they're so unpredictable, so genuine. And a quadrillionaire loonie geek was the acme of ratingsworthiness.1997, Martin Harry Greenberg, Vampires: The Greatest Stories, →ISBN, page 236

Examples of quadrillionaire in a sentence

  • He is mysterious and charming, the world's first quadrillionaire, the inventor of an unbreakable code, of a new form of electronic money called Soft Gold.2003, H.W. Wilson Company, Book review digest - Volume 99, page 537:
  • One popular foreign currency transaction scheme labelled 'burning money' made people instant quadrillionaires and trillionaires in Zimbabwean dollars.2013, Brian Raftopoulos, David Moore, Norma Kriger, 'Progress' in Zimbabwe?: The Past and Present of a Concept and a Country, →ISBN, page...
  • I just wanted to come by and say merry Christmas and congratulate you on becoming the world's first quadrillionaire.”2014, Ryan Browning, Patricians:: Sinful Seven, →ISBN:
  • A 'quadrillionaire,' a has-been singer, a loquacious Marcos loyalist — they all ran for the Senate.2007, Newsbreak, page 74:

Synonyms of quadrillionaire

Forms of quadrillionaire

pluralquadrillionaires

Origin of quadrillionaire

From quadrillion + -aire.

Words formed from quadrillionaire

Questions about quadrillionaire

What does quadrillionaire mean?
Quadrillionaire means somebody whose wealth is at least one quadrillion (10¹⁵) currency units (which is possible only in places with hyperinflated currencies).
How do you use quadrillionaire in a sentence?
He is mysterious and charming, the world's first quadrillionaire, the inventor of an unbreakable code, of a new form of electronic money called Soft Gold.
What part of speech is quadrillionaire?
Quadrillionaire is a noun.
What is the plural of quadrillionaire?
The plural of quadrillionaire is quadrillionaires.

Words near quadrillionaire in the dictionary

  1. quadrilles
  2. quadrilliard
  3. quadrilliards
  4. quadrilling
  5. quadrillion
  6. quadrillionaire
  7. quadrillionaires
  8. quadrillionfold
  9. quadrillions
  10. quadrillionth
  11. quadrillionths

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