hectobillion

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numeral

Hundred billion.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

numeralhectobillion (plural hectobillions)

plural hectobillions

  1. rareHundred billion.

    Bill Gates is responsible for hectobillions, of whatever currency strikes your fancy, in business done; science done, information disseminated, personal communications and access.

    2002 February 23, Chas, “It's not the Gov't you should be worried about...”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2025
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    CHAPTERS FIVE THROUGH TWELVE: Well, there's a few little details to be ironed out, I guess. This will require two hectobillion square brackets, and will involve Cocoa methods that have names that are no fewer than twelve humptosquillion characters long. You like typing, right?

    2003 July 9, Jøhnny Fävòrítê (it means "genetic antagonism"), “phase three”, in alt.internet.talk.haven (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2025

    The paper points towards a broader shift from public to private financial markets where the winning tech firms with hectobillion-dollar-equity valuations may reject IPOs and stay privately-held while founders seek to retain total corporate control over AGI technologies.

    2025 November 12, David Kampmann, Capitalism Going Dark? How AI Start-ups Compete with Big Tech by Leveraging Private Capital Markets (CITYPERC Seminar), London: City St George’s Political Economy Research Centre, via Eventbrite, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025

    Synonyms: centibillion

Synonyms & antonyms

numeralHundred billion.

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APA

hectobillion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hectobillion

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“hectobillion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hectobillion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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