Definition of billionaire
: one whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units
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Rusal and its controller, billionaire Oleg Deripaska, were among numerous Russian businessmen, officials and companies hit by the U.S. measures announced Friday.
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One of Oregon’s few billionaires, Boyle has been a vocal critic of the city’s approach to the homeless in downtown.
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Russian police arrested Ziyavudin Magomedov, a Dagestani billionaire, on charges of racketeering.
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Republicans loathe Silicon Valley billionaires like Facebook’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, for their liberal leanings.
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Energy Transfer, run by billionaire Kelcy Warren, isn't the only pipeline company using EDI.
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Amazon, led by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is trying to stay on top even as the company had revenue of $178 billion last year, a 31% jump from 2016 and an almost 2,500% increase from 2004, when many of these potential new customers were born.
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That omnipotent Hungarian billionaire who apparently has an amazing ability to snap his fingers and conjure up a half billion people to march on every capital in the United States.
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Not even the late billionaire John Paul Getty, who once owned so much, ultimately owned his history.
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Origin and Etymology of billionaire
billion + -aire (as in millionaire)
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Definition of billionaire for English Language Learners
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: a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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