billion

[USA]/ˈbɪljən/
[UK]/ˈbɪljən/
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Oversættelse

n. et meget stort tal, typisk én milliard eller mere
num. tallet svarende til én milliard
adj. vedrørende én milliard
Word Forms
Pluralbillions

Udtryk & Fast Sammenstilling

a billion dollars

en milliard dollars

billions of people

milliarder af mennesker

billionaire

milliardær

billions in revenue

milliarder i omsætning

Eksempelsætninger

half a billion dollars.

en halv milliard dollars.

a £49 billion debt write-off

en afskrivning af en gæld på 49 milliarder pund

the problem persists despite the billions spent on it.

Problemet fortsætter på trods af de milliarder, der er brugt på det.

15 billion cubic metres of water.

15 milliarder kubikmeter vand.

some $12.8 billion was funnelled through the Marshall Plan.

Omkring 12,8 milliarder dollars blev kanaliseret gennem Marshallplanen.

a $400 billion price tag was put on the venture.

Venturen fik en pris på 400 milliarder dollars.

the government spent £3 billion in an attempt to prop up the pound.

Regeringen brugte 3 milliarder pund i et forsøg på at støtte pundet.

they are facing an expected $10 billion shortfall in revenue.

De står over for et forventet underskud på 10 milliarder dollars i indtægter.

The budget should hit the $136 billion target on the nose.

Budgettet bør ramme målet på 136 milliarder dollars lige på.

1.5 billion cubic metres of earth were/was moved.

1,5 milliarder kubikmeter jord blev flyttet.

government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions dollars.

Regeringens spild har snydt skatteyderne for milliarder af dollars.

our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now.

Vores immunsystemer dræber milliarder af bakterier lige nu.

weighed around 30 pounds; around $1.3 billion in debt.

Vejede omkring 13,6 kg; omkring 1,3 milliarder dollars i gæld.

two billion barrels of oil that could lift this nation out of chronic poverty.

To milliarder tønder olie, der kan løfte dette land ud af kronisk fattigdom.

a plan to liquidate £1 billion worth of property over seven years.

En plan om at likvidere ejendom for 1 milliard pund over syv år.

Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion.

Lån er sat til at stige til forbløffende 60 milliarder £.

when entrepreneurs get to $1 billion they crap out and turn their companies over to others.

Når iværksættere når 1 milliard dollars, giver de op og overdrager deres virksomheder til andre.

he savaged the government for wasting billions in their failed bid to prop up the pound.

Han angreb regeringen for at spilde milliarder i deres mislykkede forsøg på at støtte pundet.

Here's the cyanea's-eye view of a reef flat that seems like nothing but a couple of billion hidey-holes.

Her er cyanea's synspunkt på en revflade, der virker som intet andet end et par milliarder skjulesteder.

Bush misspoke as he delivered a speech at the signing ceremony for a $417 billion defense spending bill.

Bush tog fejl, da han holdt en tale ved underskrivelsesceremonien for et forsvarsbudget på 417 milliarder dollars.

Virkelige Eksempler

That includes about 886 billion for defense spending and $704 billion for non-defense spending.

Det inkluderer omkring 886 milliarder til forsvarsudgifter og 704 milliarder til ikke-forsvarsudgifter.

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Day7 Another vogue trader has cost a bank billions.

Day7 En anden vogue-handler har kostet en bank milliarder.

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We stockpile in the millions, the billions...

Vi opbygger i millioner, milliarder...

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How will those next three billion live?

Hvordan vil de næste tre milliarder leve?

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$4 billion for a $62 billion company?

4 milliarder dollars for en virksomhed på 62 milliarder dollars?

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Estimates for building the wall ranged from $10 billion to $70 billion.

Beregninger for at bygge muren spændte fra 10 milliarder til 70 milliarder dollars.

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That is three years longer than it took to move from 7 billion to 8 billion.

Det er tre år længere, end det tog at gå fra 7 milliarder til 8 milliarder.

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We have in the world about four billion hectares of forests.

Vi har i verden omkring fire milliarder hektar skov.

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The House has narrowly approved $1.9 billion to fortify the Capitol after the Jan.6 insurrection.

Repræsentanternes hus har med snævert flertal godkendt 1,9 milliarder dollars til at befæste Capitol efter optøjerne den 6. januar.

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The world's population has reached eight billion.

Verdens befolkning er nået op på otte milliarder.

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