What is another word for milliard?

Pronunciation: [mˈɪlɪˌɑːd] (IPA)

The word "milliard" refers to one thousand million or 1,000,000,000. Sometimes referred to as "billion" in the USA, the term "milliard" is used more commonly in Europe. Synonyms for "milliard" include "billion," "thousand million," "one thousand million," or "10 to the ninth power." In some countries where the term "milliard" is widely used, it is also represented by "miljard" (Dutch), "miliarda" (Polish), or "miljarder" (Swedish). While the term "billion" is becoming more commonly used in many parts of the world, "milliard" remains an important mathematical term with widely recognized significance.

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Usage examples for Milliard

The place where we would count the milliard glittering stars, terror-stricken lest each one "an eye should be," piercing the very depths of our little souls?
"Anarchism and Other Essays"
Emma Goldman
The annual budget of France appears in the estimates at about a milliard, or a thousand millions of francs; but the usual mystifications are resorted to, and the truth will give the annual central expenses of the country at not less, I think, than two hundred millions of dollars.
"Recollections of Europe"
J. Fenimore Cooper
At the present time, with the height to which it has been already erected, the Assouan Dam holds up and supplies one milliard of these cubic metres of water in all, a sufficiency for five hundred thousand acres of agricultural and garden land.
"The Khedive's Country"
George Manville Fenn

Famous quotes with Milliard

  • When doctors differ who decides amid the milliard-headed throng? Who save the madman dares to cry: "'Tis I am right, you all are wrong"? "You all are right, you all are wrong," we hear the careless Soofi say, "For each believes his glimm'ering lamp to be the gorgeous light of day."
    Richard Francis Burton

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