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mil⋅liard

  [mil-yerd, -yahrd]
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–noun British.
one thousand millions; equivalent to U.S. billion.
Origin:
1785–95; < F; see milli-, -ard
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mil·liard   (mĭl'yərd, -yärd', mĭl'ē-ärd')   
n.   Chiefly British
The cardinal number equal to 109.

[French, from Old French milliart, from milion, million; see million.]
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milliard 
"one thousand million," 1793, from Fr. milliard, from million with change of suffix.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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