milliard

[mil-yerd, -yahrd]

noun British.

one thousand millions; equivalent to U.S. billion.

Origin of milliard

From French, dating back to 1785–95; see origin at milli-, -ard

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Historical Examples of milliard

Since 1806 I have taken over a milliard francs in contributions.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
William Milligan Sloane
No, cried a deputy, it will be like the milliard of the Congregations.
The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906
Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead
"A city you may recover, a milliard of francs you never get back," he said.
An Englishman in Paris
Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
The public debt of Austria, without Hungary, was 83.17 milliard kronen.
The New Germany
George Young
We were deprived of half a milliard poods of coal imported from abroad.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy
Leon Trotsky

British Dictionary definitions for milliard

milliard

noun

British (no longer in technical use) a thousand millionUS and Canadian equivalent: billion

Word Origin for milliard

C19: from French

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Word Origin and History for milliard

"one thousand million," 1793, from French milliard (16c.), from million (see million) with change of suffix.