milliard

Etymology

From French milliard.

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  1. (now rare) 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
    For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget …. 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 155

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