Milliard (Noun)
Meaning
A billion; "in England they call one thousand million a milliard".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- A wealthy entrepreneur has donated over one milliard dollars to his charitable foundation in the past year.
- Although an obscure term, in British English the sum of one thousand million can also be called a milliard.
- Until recently it was customary to say a thousand million is one milliard rather than a billion as now adopted from America.
- Investors pumped more than three milliard dollars into her cutting-edge sustainable tech firm to fast-track research development.
- World-renowned art critic observed her invaluable antique collectibles and they calculated they valued several hundred milliard US dollars at market auction