hectobillion

English

Etymology

From hecto- (“hundred”) +‎ billion.

Numeral

hectobillion (plural hectobillions)

  1. (rare) Hundred billion.
    Synonym: (rare) centibillion
    • 2002 February 23, Chas, “It's not the Gov't you should be worried about...”, in rec.martial-arts‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 November 2025:
      Bill Gates is responsible for hectobillions, of whatever currency strikes your fancy, in business done; science done, information disseminated, personal communications and access.
    • 2003 July 9, Jøhnny Fävòrítê (it means "genetic antagonism"), “phase three”, in alt.internet.talk.haven‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 November 2025:
      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?
    • 2025 November 12, David Kampmann, Capitalism Going Dark? How AI Start-ups Compete with Big Tech by Leveraging Private Capital Markets‎[3] (CITYPERC Seminar), London: City St George’s Political Economy Research Centre, via Eventbrite, archived from the original on 15 November 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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hectobillion.
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