"centibillion" meaning in English

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Numeral

Forms: centibillions [plural]
Etymology: From centi- (“hundred”) + billion. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|centi<t:hundred><id:hundred>|billion}} centi- (“hundred”) + billion Head templates: {{head|en|numeral|plural|centibillions}} centibillion (plural centibillions)
  1. (rare) Hundred billion. Tags: rare Related terms: centibillionaire, centimillion
    Sense id: en-centibillion-en-num-oyj5zMnM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with centi- (hundred)

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          "text": "As an example of how long Keynes’ influence has outlived the man himself, President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 after presenting a centibillion dollar national budget remarked fatalistically—and perhaps ironically: “I am now a Keynesian in economics!”",
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          "text": "Seen from the present day—a time of general disrepair in banking and of a centibillion-dollar crisis in the so-called thrift industry—the turn of the century has a powerful nostalgic appeal.",
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          "ref": "1995 February 6, William S. Rukeyser, “Pardon Me, But Is This Armageddon?”, in Fortune, volume 131, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, page 84, column 2",
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          "ref": "2000 April 17, Rich Karlgaard, “Digital Rules: General Motors Is a Buy”, in Forbes, volume 165, number 9, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Inc., →ISSN, page 55, column 1",
          "text": "The centibillion-dollar question is, who can become the AOL or Microsoft of car portals?",
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          "ref": "2004, Jack Wheeler, “Aeschylus and America”, in Aman Verjee, Rod D. Martin, editors, Thank You, President Bush: Reflections on the War on Terror, Defense of the Family, and Revival of the Economy, Los Angeles, Calif.: World Ahead Publishing, Inc., page 103",
          "text": "The Jews created a civilization out of the wilderness and a garden out of the desert, while the Arabs—even with their centibillions of petrodollars—continued to mire themselves in medieval tyranny and poverty.",
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