Meaning of bn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. initialism of Barisan Nasional (“National Front”)
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Billion.
3. Abbreviation of benzyl.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
4. Initialism of Black Nigger.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Billion short scale.
   usually
6. Billion long scale.
   rare

Examples

“Holonyms: tn, trn”

“Holonyms: T, trn”

“Meronyms: mn, mn., mln, mln., M”

“The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.”

“This year companies will spend $400bn on the infrastructure needed to run artificial-intelligence (AI) models. Predictions of the eventual bill are uniformly enormous. Analysts at Morgan Stanley reckon $2.9trn will be spent on data centres and related infrastructure by the end of 2028; consultants at McKinsey put it at $6.7trn by 2030. Like a bad party at a good restaurant, nobody is quite sure who will pick up the tab.”

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