BILLON

Definition: BILLON

BILLON

Noun

1. An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Billon \Bil`lon"\, noun. [French expression compare to Billet stick.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: BILLON

Specialty definitions using "BILLON": Rig-Marie. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BILLON" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (billon).

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Commercial Usage: BILLON

Domain	Title
References	Billon SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Advertising:The $100 Billon Misunderstanding sunderstanding (reference) Les petits carnets de M. Billon : roman (reference) The Billon Dollar Sure Thing (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: BILLON

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Laissez circuler la monnaie d'argent et de billon utile á notre commerce.Credit: Library of Congress.		Laissez circuler la monnaie d'argent et de billon utile á notre commerce.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BILLON

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Cote d'Ivoire	Billon told his father and leaders of the RDR about the plot. (references)
	Cote d'Ivoire	For example, in August Ouattara Billon, a student in Abidjan, stated that several influential government members and high army officers had recruited him. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: BILLON

The following table summarizes the usage of "BILLON" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Billon	Last name	130	65,605
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: BILLON

Country	Name
France	Billon SA
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BILLON

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
billon sweeps.com	17
billon	15
billon sweep	14
billon com sweep	5
billon pepsi	5
billon pepsi sweep	4
billon jean louisiana	2
billon pepsi sweepstake	2
billon dollar pepsi	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BILLON

Language		Translations for "BILLON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dallgë e madhe. (various references)

Bulgarian		билон. (various references)

Hungarian		billió. (various references)

Pig Latin		illonbay

Russian		биллон. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bilion (trillion), milijarda (milliard). (various references)

Swedish		billon. (various references)

Turkish		trilyon (trillion). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: BILLON

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BILLON": billons. (additional references)
	Words ending with "BILLON": tourbillon. (additional references)
	Words containing "BILLON": tourbillons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"BILLON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baillon, ballan, ballin, ballon, ballony, Ballou, balon, bellan, bellen, bellon, Bellona, Bellone, Belloni, Belon, beloon, Biglan, bilen, Billah, billo, Billund, billyo, bilo, Bilou, Biolyon, Bollan, Bollom, sillon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BILLON"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "BILLON" (pronounced bi"lun)
4	-i" l u n	bouillon, penicillin, vanillin, villain.
3	-l u n	adrenaline, Alan, Ballon, befallen, Callan, Chamberlain, chaplain, colon, crestfallen, discipline, elan, fallen, felon, gallon, globulin, gremlin, insulin, javelin, kaolin, Kremlin, lanolin, Magdalen, Marlin, masculine, melon, Mullen, muskmelon, muslin, pelon, pentathlon, phenolphthalein, pollen, porcelain, solan, Solon, stolen, stollen, sullen, swollen, talon, Tolan, triathlon, watermelon, woolen, woollen, Zeppelin.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: BILLON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-i-l-l-n-o"
	-2 letters: bill, blin, boil, boll, lino, lion, loin, nill, noil.
	-3 letters: bin, bio, ill, ion, lib, lin, lob, nib, nil, nob, obi, oil.
	-4 letters: bi, bo, in, li, lo, no, on.
	Words containing the letters "b-i-l-l-n-o"
	+1 letter: billion, billons, bolling, bullion.
	+2 letters: billions, bouillon, bullions, globulin, hornbill, lobeline.
	+3 letters: balloting, ballpoint, bellowing, billabong, billionth, billowing, blindfold, bloodline, bollixing, bolloxing, botulinal, bouillons, bowelling, globulins, hornbills, insoluble, insolubly, lobelines, rebellion, spoonbill, stillborn.
	+4 letters: ballooning, balloonist, ballpoints, bidonville, billabongs, billionths, binomially, blindfolds, bloodlines, bulldozing, colorblind, corbelling, ebullition, euglobulin, flyblowing, gambolling, insolubles, insolvable, insolvably, inviolable, inviolably, lobulation, lowballing, neoliberal, obligingly, rebellions, spoonbills, stillborns, symbolling, tourbillon.
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