millionaire:
(plural: ‘millionaires‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
Jaden C. Smith, one of the youngest millionaires
any person who has money and/or property worth of one or more than one million dollars, pound sterling or in any equivalent currency,
e.g.
Several young people have become millionaires taking advantage of the Internet potential.
‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ is a popular TV show.
Though the general idea of a millionaire is a man, there certainly are some self-made women who are millionaires!
A million = one thousand thousand = 1,000,000; a billion = (in American English) one thousand million = 1,000,000,000, (in British English) one million million = 1,000,000,000,000, and a billionaire is a person who has money and/or property worth of one or more than one billion; and a trillion = (in American English and in general) a million million = 1,000,000,000,000, and in (British English) a million million million = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, and a trillionaire is a person who has money or property worth of one trillion!
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