milliard

mil·liard (m

rd, -yärd

, m

-ärd

)

n. Chiefly British

The cardinal number equal to 10⁹.

[French, from Old French milliart, from milion, million; see million.]

milliard [ˈmɪlɪˌɑːd ˈmɪljɑːd]

(Mathematics) Brit (no longer in technical use) a thousand million US and Canadian equivalent billion

[from French]

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Noun

milliard - a billion; "in England they call one thousand million a milliard"

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

1000000000, one thousand million, billion - the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros

Translations

milliard [ˈmɪlɪɑːd] N (Brit) → mil millones mpl

milliard

n (Brit) → Milliarde f

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1000000000 aid amount billion informed inject one thousand million Pass plunder put reckon ring	Un rapport Nielsen de 2008 qui inclut les ventes de Walmart, geant de la distribution, illustre des ventes au detail totales qui atteignent 31,024 milliards de dollars pour les aliments surgeles, glaces, nouveautes surgelees et glace en sachet. Trotz Rezession keine bewegung auf dem Nordamerikanischen ... by Quick Frozen Foods International Adams has reacted by plundering rivals Alvechurch to bring back Richard Kavanagh and Lee Milliard, along with Stuart Hamilton. Carl's glad to be back by Birmingham Mail (England) Wilks' double came after home striker Ben Haseley had given his side the advantage early on and Chris Milliard had squared matters with a stunning angled drive high into the rigging giving keeper Aaron Hughes no chance. Wilks double helps Griff break Hayes' hold; MIDLAND COMBINATION by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)	Millennist millennium millennium bug millenniumism Milleped millepede Millepora millepore Milleporite Miller miller's disease miller's thumb miller's-thumb Millerism millerite millesimal Millet Millett millettia millhand milli milli- milli... milliammeter milliampere milliard milliary millibar millicurie millidegree millieme millième milliequivalent Millier millifarad Millifold Milligan milligram millihenry Millikan Millikan Robert Andrews milliliter millilitre millime millimeter millimeter of mercury millimetre millimicron millimole milline milliner	milliammeters milliammeters milliammeters Milliamp Milliamp Milliamp Milliamp-hour Milliamp-hour Milliamp-hour milliamperage milliamperage control milliampere milliampere milliampere milliampere milliampere Milliampere Second Milliampere-hour Milliampere-hour Milliampere-hour milliampere-second milliampere-second milliampere-second milliamperes milliamperes milliamperes milliamps Millian Millian Milliarcsecond milliard Milliarde Milliarden milliards milliards Milliarium Milliarium Milliarium Milliarium Milliarium Aureum milliary millibar millibar millibar Millibarn Millibars Millibars Millibecquerel Millibecquerel Millibecquerel Millicandela Millicandela Millicandela Millicandelas Millicent Millicent Vernon Hammond Fenwick Millicent Work Option Centre Millicoulomb Millicoulomb Millicoulomb Millicoulomb

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Un rapport Nielsen de 2008 qui inclut les ventes de Walmart, geant de la distribution, illustre des ventes au detail totales qui atteignent 31,024 milliards de dollars pour les aliments surgeles, glaces, nouveautes surgelees et glace en sachet.

Trotz Rezession keine bewegung auf dem Nordamerikanischen ... by Quick Frozen Foods International

Adams has reacted by plundering rivals Alvechurch to bring back Richard Kavanagh and Lee Milliard, along with Stuart Hamilton.

Carl's glad to be back by Birmingham Mail (England)

Wilks' double came after home striker Ben Haseley had given his side the advantage early on and Chris Milliard had squared matters with a stunning angled drive high into the rigging giving keeper Aaron Hughes no chance.

Wilks double helps Griff break Hayes' hold; MIDLAND COMBINATION by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

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