Bel, until certain people who shall remain nameless, but live to the South of you, got in on the act, English and French agreed.

thousand 10^3
million 10^6
thousand million 10^9
billion 10^12
trillion 10^15 etc.

However, now those-who-shall-not-be-named have confused matters so that nobody knows what billion means anymore.


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