Meaning of decabillion | Babel Free

Definitions

Ten billion.

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Examples

“Breathtaking megadeals make⟳ headlines almost daily, and have⟳ lost their ability to astound. Kraft, RJR Nabisco, Pillsbury — these and other takeovers and leveraged buyouts requiring deca[-]billions of dollars, would have⟳ overwhelmed the most sophisticated investment bankers of the 1970s.”

“Of course, to achieve⟳ what he did, [Jeff] Vinik had to take⟳ risks—throwing decabillions of dollars into technology stocks long before that sector caught fire, for instance, and tossing out all the consumer growth stocks so beloved by [Peter] Lynch (“no growth potential,” says Vinik).”

“The common currency of all such East–West discussions was money—the need⟳ for very large sums to carry⟳ out macroeconomic reform⟳, but just as the United States and the other G-7 states had resisted Mikhail Gorbachev’s outsized requests, so too did Boris Yeltsin’s large numbers after 1991 fail⟳ to bring⟳ forth the decabillions sought.”

“[Bill] Gates is worth decabillions in part because he had a few big visions, such as the basic tide of growth in PCs and the creative power of open⟳ standards, but equally important has been his embrace of the fluidity of the future and an awesome ability to react⟳ to surprises.”

“The earth has given us three imperatives. The first is to reproduce⟳ with foresight. Our planet is a sphere. Space and materials are finite. Freedom, health, and breath cannot coexist with a limitless surge of fleshy billions, doubling in decades to decabillions and doubling again.”

“Rebuilding New Orleans will require⟳ many years, deca-billions of dollars and a national consensus about priorities, there and elsewhere.”

“Google’s revenue from its unlikely foray into selling software probably won’t be all that much to begin⟳ with, but this isn’t a fight⟳ for sales. Think⟳ of this fight⟳ as determining a few decabillion dollars of market value circa 2010.”

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