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quadrillionaire

noun

Etymology

From quadrillion + -aire.

  1. formed as quadrillion — “quadri- + -illion”
  2. suffixed as quadrillionaire — “quadrillion + aire”

Definitions

  1. Somebody whose wealth is at least one quadrillion (10¹⁵) currency units.

    • No doubt, had a million or so more worlds been equally accessible, Ford could have been a quadrillionaire in two or three more years.
    • One popular foreign currency transaction scheme labelled 'burning money' made people instant quadrillionaires and trillionaires in Zimbabwean dollars.

  2. An extremely wealthy person.

    • Loonies are always good material; they're so unpredictable, so genuine. And a quadrillionaire loonie geek was the acme of ratingsworthiness.
    • A 'quadrillionaire,' a has-been singer, a loquacious Marcos loyalist — they all ran for the Senate.

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Derived

quadrillionairess, multiquadrillionaire

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA