billionaire

Everyday

A very rich person who owns money and things worth at least one billion dollars, pounds or euros. tree →

In the lessons

In money lessons and the news it describes the richest people, often owners of big companies. It helps children understand how huge a billion is. In stories, a billionaire character tells the reader about great wealth and power. Phrases: «a tech billionaire», «become a billionaire».

Examples

• A billionaire owns at least a thousand million pounds. tree →
• The billionaire paid for a new hospital. tree →
• He went from selling lemonade to being a billionaire. tree →
• Some billionaires build rockets to go to space. tree →
• Being a billionaire does not always make you happy. tree →
• The story was about a billionaire who lost everything. tree →
• There are more millionaires than billionaires in the world. tree →

Note

Countable: a billionaire, billionaires. Spelling: billion + -aire, with one n before -aire (billionaire, like millionaire). In maths: one billion = 1,000,000,000 = a thousand million (in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia today). A billionaire is a thousand times richer than someone with one million.