noun
- plural of milliard; thousands of millions (1,000,000,000)
Usage: British English; largely replaced by ‘billions’ in modern usage
Examples
- The government spent several milliards on the infrastructure project.
- In the old British system, milliards were used instead of billions.
- The company’s revenue reached three milliards last year.
- European financial reports sometimes still reference milliards.
- The population of milliards of bacteria exists in our bodies.