milliard UK /ˈmɪlɪɑːd/US /ˈmɪliɑɹd/ number1 •(no longer used) 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...]. — 1977 formsmilliards