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quadrillions

quadrillions is the plural of quadrillion.

Meaning of quadrillion

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quadrillion (plural quadrillions)

  1. (Australian, British, US, modern, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
    • A man named Chris Reynolds was credited $92 quadrillion USD on his paypal account, "This unexpected influx of wealth elevated him to the status of the richest person on the planet and the only quadrillionaire to have ever existed". Following this, after the man reported this error and it was fixed...2013 July, Sylvia Silverstone, “Richest Man of All-Time Dramatically Gained and Lost His Entire Fortune in Just 2 Minutes”, in MSN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2023
    Synonyms:
    1015
  2. (Australia, UK, dated, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,000⁴): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.

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Questions about quadrillions

What is quadrillions the plural of?
Quadrillions is the plural of quadrillion.

Words near quadrillions in the dictionary

  1. quadrilling
  2. quadrillion
  3. quadrillionaire
  4. quadrillionaires
  5. quadrillionfold
  6. quadrillions
  7. quadrillionth
  8. quadrillionths
  9. quadrilobate
  10. quadrilobe
  11. quadrilobed

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