英语词汇billionaire的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	billionaire
词源	billionaire. There are no British billionaires, for a billion is a million million there, whereas it is “merely” a thousand million in the U.S. The word billionaire was first recorded in 1861. Though stingy with his dimes, John D. Rockefeller was the world’s first known billionaire—American style. See also millionaire; trillionaire.
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