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- adjective Having more than 1,000,000,000; in the billion range.
- adjective chiefly UK , more than 1,000,000,000,000; in the old billion range.
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Examples
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The government has been rocked with multi-billion dollar scams in the past year.
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In the past the firm was embroiled in the NHS's controversial multi-billion pound IT programme, signing a contract worth more than £1bn with the NHS as part of their Connecting for Health infrastructure programme.
Award of Border Agency work to CIA rendition firm must be investigated, say protesters 2011
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The Silicon Valley giant's chief executive, who took a medical leave of absence in January, was the surprise master of ceremonies as Apple unveiled a second version of its iPad tablet—a product that has created a multi-billion dollar business in less than a year and left rivals scrambling.
Apple's Showman Takes the Stage Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
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This multi-billion dollar project, as you know, is dedicated to sequencing all the DNA of an individual in hopes of finding cures for diseases.
Michael Jackson Genome Project frankwu 2009
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In my mind, it's hardly a good use of scarce transit dollars to build a multi-billion dollar subway so that people can then "take the bus."
John Mirisch: "My Metro, Right or Wrong": Metro's Greatest Hetz John Mirisch 2011
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Even if you don't dream of starting a multi-billion dollar enterprise, history shows that businesses taking off during a challenging economy can prosper, and so can yours.
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And the president recently mentioned several national parks in promoting tourism as a multi-billion dollar industry.
Tom Kiernan: Taking Care of America's Best Idea Tom Kiernan 2012
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Mr. Obama is also leaning on states to “permanently change their unemployment-insurance laws to cover part-time workers and prevent other laid-off workers from falling through cracks in the coverage,” offering them a multi-billion incentive to do so.
The Early Word: Focus on the Budget - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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And the president recently mentioned several national parks in promoting tourism as a multi-billion dollar industry.
Tom Kiernan: Taking Care of America's Best Idea Tom Kiernan 2012
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How can a multi-billion dollar movie franchise do so badly in this department???
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