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piriona

1. (loan) (numeral) billion.

Ko te tīwai moni a ēnei tāngata, hui katoa; e rua piriona, e whitu rau miriona tāra, e rite ana i te tangata kotahi $37,500,000 tāra (TJ 19/7/1898:8). / The sum of these people’s money comes to two billion, seven hundred million dollars, averaging at $37,500,000 per person.

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