Definition of "milliard"

milliard

/ˈmɪlɪɑːd/

numeral
plural milliards
1. (now rare) 109, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
  Quotations
  For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...].
  1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 155