Milliard

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Milliard \Mil`liard"\ (F. m[-e]l`y[.a]r"; E.
     m[i^]l"l[i^]*[aum]rd), n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L.
     mille.]
     A thousand millions; -- usually called {billion} in the
     United States. See {Billion}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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