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billionaire

[ bil-yuh-nair, bil-yuh-nair ]

noun

  1. a person who has assets worth a billion or more dollars, euros, etc.


billionaire

/ ˌɪəˈɛə /

noun

  1. a person whose assets are worth over a billion of the monetary units of his country
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of billionaire1

First recorded in 1855–60, Americanism; billion + -aire, on the model of millionaire
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Telling working people to pay more for socks while billionaires get tax breaks and bailouts.

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In a statement, Joe Donlin, director of the United to House LA coalition behind the tax, said the report was based on “highly questionable assumptions” and furthered the interests of “real estate millionaires and billionaires.”

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The drumbeat of criticism had spread to business leaders, including some of Trump’s most assiduous supporters in the billionaire and millionaire class.

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Much was made in the media, for good reason, of billionaire Elon Musk's crusade against empathy, an emotion he describes as "suicidal" and the "fundamental weakness of Western civilization."

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The lawmakers alleged McMahon’s decision was “yet another way this administration is seeking to strip educational opportunities for students in order to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and large corporations.”

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