milliard
[mil-yerd, -yahrd]
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noun British.
one thousand millions; equivalent to U.S. billion.
Origin of milliard
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Since 1806 I have taken over a milliard francs in contributions.
The Life of Napoleon BonaparteWilliam Milligan Sloane
No, cried a deputy, it will be like the milliard of the Congregations.
The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead
"A city you may recover, a milliard of francs you never get back," he said.
An Englishman in ParisAlbert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
The public debt of Austria, without Hungary, was 83.17 milliard kronen.
The New GermanyGeorge Young
We were deprived of half a milliard poods of coal imported from abroad.
Dictatorship vs. DemocracyLeon Trotsky
milliard
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Word Origin for milliard
C19: from French
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