Definition of "milliards" [milliards]

• Plural form of milliard. (noun)

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• "France was to pay five milliards, that is, five thousand millions, of francs, as a war indemnity, -- a thousand millions of dollars."
• "The interest of this sum would be five hundred milliards, which is the whole rent-roll or nett [sp.] proceeds of the territory of France."
• "The interest of this sum would be 500 milliards, which is said to be the whole rent-roll, or nett proceeds of the territory of France."