trillionaire

English

Etymology

trillion + -aire

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɹɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌtɹɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/

Noun

trillionaire (plural trillionaires)

  1. Somebody whose wealth is greater than one trillion (1012) dollars, or other currency.
    There has yet to be a trillionaire.
    • 2013, Brian Raftopoulos, David Moore, Norma Kriger, 'Progress' in Zimbabwe?: The Past and Present of a Concept and a Country, →ISBN, page 92:
      One popular foreign currency transaction scheme labelled 'burning money' made people instant quadrillionaires and trillionaires in Zimbabwean dollars.
    • 2015, Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Kids: The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World, →ISBN, page 137:
      A trip to Zimbabwe might make you a trillionaire.
    • 2020, Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things, →ISBN, page 180:
      At its worst, the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe's currency rendered one US dollar worth 2,621,984,228,675,650,147,435,579,309,984,228 Zimbabwe dollars. At that point pretty much every Zimbabwean became a de facto trillionaire.

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