billionaire
part of speech
noun (a billionaire, billionaires)
meaning for a pupil
A very rich person who owns money and things worth at least one billion dollars, pounds or euros. tree →
sense in the lessons
In money lessons and the news it describes the richest people, often owners of big companies. It helps children understand how huge a billion is. In stories, a billionaire character tells the reader about great wealth and power. Phrases: «a tech billionaire», «become a billionaire».
examples
- A billionaire owns at least a thousand million pounds. tree →
- The billionaire paid for a new hospital. tree →
- He went from selling lemonade to being a billionaire. tree →
- Some billionaires build rockets to go to space. tree →
- Being a billionaire does not always make you happy. tree →
- The story was about a billionaire who lost everything. tree →
- There are more millionaires than billionaires in the world. tree →
note
Countable: a billionaire, billionaires. Spelling: billion + -aire, with one n before -aire (billionaire, like millionaire). In maths: one billion = 1,000,000,000 = a thousand million (in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia today). A billionaire is a thousand times richer than someone with one million.
Trees and pragmatics
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