/mɪˈlɑrd/ (mih-LARD)

Definitions

1. noun

a unit of one thousand million (1,000,000,000) in French and some other languages, equal to one billion in U.S. usage

“The French government announced a milliard-dollar investment in renewable energy.”

2. noun

an extremely large amount of money

“The company made a milliard in profits last year.”