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billionaire Definition

bil·lion·aire (bil′yə ner′)

noun

a person whose wealth comes to at least a billion dollars, pounds, francs, etc.

Etymology: billion + (million)aire

billionaire Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: He became the youngest billionaire at the age of 31.
  • have: It is, in truth a futile scramble, unless of course you're Chelsea and have a shady Russian billionaire to back you.
  • include: These include the billionaire Sir James Goldsmith's right wing Referendum Party.

Converse of subject

  • own: The American company CNN, which is owned by the billionaire Ted Turner, is the model of the ' information age ' .
  • run: This article on an Internet startup company run by a billionaire 17 year-old is, in fact, pretty funny.

Adjective modifier

  • reclusive: Brown played two roles - reclusive billionaire Adam and his evil twin brother Zachary.
  • self-made: Richard Branson's Virgin Success - Covers Branson's rise from dyslexic high school dropout to self-made billionaire.
  • eccentric: This is not being funded by some eccentric billionaire.
  • Russian: Forbes report about a boom in the number of Russian billionaires in dollar.
  • Canadian: His grandfather, the Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond, is bent on revenge.
  • American: Continue reading " American billionaire Robert Kraft refuses to rule out investment in Liverpool.

Modifies a noun

  • industrialist: Inventing the cover story that Iron Man was his bodyguard, he embarked on a double life as a billionaire industrialist and costumed adventurer.
  • tycoon: Elisabeth, the daughter of the billionaire media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and her PR guru fiancé have two children each from former marriages.
  • financier: Wise, witty nurse Imogen Quy of St Agatha's College, Cambridge, solves the mysteries surrounding the death of a billionaire financier.
  • businessman: Geri Halliwell has been paid more than £ 500,000 to escort a billionaire businessman to a society party for the night.
  • founder: Indeed, it's already drawn the attention - and the cash - of Dr. Mike Lynch, the billionaire founder of Autonomy.
  • investor: Without a billionaire investor, they're pretty much like Chelsea were.

Noun used with modifier

  • oil: The biggest threat to American security is the actions of the American State on behalf of the oil billionaires that run it.
  • Internet: Meanwhile, Nick decides to become an internet billionaire!

Preposition: as

plan: Networks and clear online gaming is billionaires as plans switch to online.