milliard

milliard Definition

mil·liard (mil′yərd, -yärd′)

noun

Brit. 1,000 millions

Etymology: Fr < million (see million) + -ard (see -ard), orig., “large million”

milliard Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

franc: Paris, with its 68 milliards franc stock of gold and 21½ milliard stock of foreign currencies, suddenly became master of the situation.

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