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milliards

milliards is the plural of milliard.

Meaning of milliard

Numeral

milliard (plural milliards)

  1. (archaic) 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
    • For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...].1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 155
    Synonyms:
    billion[short scale]]>, thousand million

Questions about milliards

What is milliards the plural of?
Milliards is the plural of milliard.

Words near milliards in the dictionary

  1. milliard
  2. milliard-fold
  3. milliardaire
  4. milliardaires
  5. milliardfold
  6. milliards
  7. milliardth
  8. milliardths
  9. milliare
  10. milliares
  11. milliaries

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