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| Approx. $10,000 in greenbacks |
Braggadocios?
Maybe.
Fictitious?
Perhaps.
How much is my net-worth?
- Million
- Billion
- Trillion
- Quadrillion
- Quintillion
- Sextillion
- Septillion
- Octillion
- Nonillion
- Decillion
- Undecillion
- Duodecillion
- Tredecillion
- Quattuordecillion
- Quindecillion
- Sexdecillion
- Septendecillion
- Octodecillion
- Novemdecillion
- Vigintillion
- Centillion
If wealth is measured by knowledge then I am dirty-rotten-filthy-stinking rich — but if it's measured by money [no comment]
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| "Or if you prefer the first mark can signify million, the second mark byllion, the third mark tryllion, the fourth quadrillion, the fifth quyillion, the sixth sixlion, the seventh septyllion, the eighth ottyllion, the ninth nonyllion and so on with others as far as you wish to go" |
"The words bymillion and trimillion were first recorded in 1475 in a manuscript of Jehan Adam. Subsequently, Nicolas Chuquet wrote a book Triparty en la science des nombres which was not published during Chuquet's lifetime. However, most of it was copied by Estienne de La Roche for a portion of his 1520 book, L'arismetique. Chuquet's book contains a passage in which he shows a large number marked off into groups of six digits, with the comment:
Ou qui veult le premier point peult signiffier million Le second point byllion Le tiers point tryllion Le quart quadrillion Le cinqe quyllion Le sixe sixlion Le sept.e septyllion Le huyte ottyllion Le neufe nonyllion et ainsi des ault's se plus oultre on vouloit preceder
(Or if you prefer the first mark can signify million, the second mark byllion, the third mark tryllion, the fourth quadrillion, the fifth quyillion, the sixth sixlion, the seventh septyllion, the eighth ottyllion, the ninth nonyllion and so on with others as far as you wish to go)." — Wikipedia
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