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The Toronto Lexicon, Entry No. 1

By Philip Preville
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Billion (bíl’-yen) n

1. The cardinal number equal to 10 to the power of 9, most frequentlyused in reference to money.

2. A lot of money.

3. Not nearly enough money,esp. when it refers to money provided to the city by other levels ofgovernment.

4. The minimum amount of money Stephen Harper must spend inorder to convince Torontonians he believes in public transit.

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