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Billion means “1000 million” in British English, not “million million” (which is Trillion).
by Reason077 8y ago
Billion means “1000 million” in British English, not “million million” (which is Trillion).
- dhimes 8y agoDid they change it?
- Reason077 8y agoYes, many decades ago. The modern “short scale” billion Is found in UK technical documents and papers beginning in the 1950s, and used in official UK statistics since 1974. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion