milliard — Englisches Wörterbuch

Numerale

1. 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)

   Gebrauch

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   Synonyme

   billion[short scale]]>thousand million

   Verwandte Wörter

   Previous: million. Next: billion.

   Beispiele

   For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...].

Substantiv

1. a billion

   Oberbegriffe

   billionone thousand million

   Beispiele

   in England they call one thousand million a ‘milliard’