Historically, in the UK the term a billion meant 1 million million – 1,000,000,000,000 – but in the United States the term is used to refer to 1 thousand million – 1,000,000,000.
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Historically, in the UK the term a billion meant 1 million million – 1,000,000,000,000 – but in the United States the term is used to refer to 1 thousand million – 1,000,000,000.
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