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trillion

  1. million million
  2. million million million
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Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪljən/ / /ˈtɹɪ(l)jən/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion. The noun was coined by American basketball player Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.

  1. A statistic formed by a player playing some number of minutes, but recording no stats.

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Etymology: Borrowed from French trillion, from French tri- (“three”) + -illion, equivalent to tri- + -illion. The noun was coined by American basketball player Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score.

  1. Either of two large amounts:

    “Javik: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters. Their silence is your answer.”

    “Data published by the Treasury Department showed that “total public debt outstanding” rose to $34.001 trillion on December 29.”

  2. Either of two large amounts:
  3. An unspecified very large number.

    “Near-synonyms: gazillion; see also Thesaurus:zillion”

    “There were trillions of people at the concert.”