Four parts per billion
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Could you please tell me What is the meaning of four parts per billion in the following text and how much would it be?
To update her file, she wanted to know how much money he had made this year.
"Tell her about four parts per billion, " said phillips.
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What Phillips said doesn't make sense. Please provide more context.
- What Phillips said doesn't make sense.
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What Phillips said doesn't make sense. Please provide more context.
0I suppose it means (literally) that he has made a four parts per billion return on his investment or assets. E.g. if he has investments or assets worth a billion pounds then he has earned four pounds. Presumably it is not meant exactly literally, but is meant to indicate "almost nothing".
0For example, if he had 1 billion pence in the bank accounts, (equivalent to 40 million British pounds), his total interest on the account for the year was 4 pence.
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