In England they call one thousand million a milliard.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

One point two billion pounds. (that's a uk billion - one million million, not a us billion correctly called a milliard).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

FWIW, the word 'milliard' means billion in French.    From Wordnik.com.  [MetaHaiku] Reference

(Everywhere else in the world called milliard).    From Wordnik.com.  [Money] Reference

Ils ont au moins Un milliard d'annees de difference!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference

I saw a milliard doubts flicker across her face, to and fro like dappling sun on a stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vatican Rip]

J'ai souligne que ce chiffre de 1.7 milliard represente le cofit brut de nos propositions.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Address Presented During the 1984 Canadian General Election] Reference

TechCrunch en français » Rumeur: Bebo sur le point d'etre rachetî par Google ou MySpace pour 1 milliard ou plus?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo’s Rumored $1 billion Talks With Bebo] Reference

Somebody was changing a picture, a Philip Steer painted in a milliard divisionistic dots, two girls running on a waterside pier.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great California Game]

'I would wager a milliard of francs,' he muttered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vittoria — Complete] Reference

Undoubtedly they will vote for the new ten milliard loan, with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Face to Face with Kaiserism] Reference

Since 1806 I have taken over a milliard francs in contributions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.)] Reference

Ukraine, that was valued at about a milliard crowns; ... but the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1] Reference

When doctors differ who decides amid the milliard-headed throng?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi] Reference

Lloyd George at the beginning of the war reckoned on the last milliard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Im Weltkriege. English] Reference

RBS publie un perte de 1,5 milliard de livres au 3e trimestre - Reuters.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Blog A Lot] Reference

One milliard two hundred and five millions of livres in assignats issued.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death] Reference

On November 1, after the Hamburg assembly had voted 500,000 milliard marks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

Is it where we spend milliard of dollars and if we did'nt it would really help our economy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Political Ticker] Reference

Empire now, to 330 to 360 milliard marks, or 5,000 to 6,000 marks per head of the population.    From Wordnik.com.  [Germany and the Next War] Reference

Before the war the currency circulation of 6 milliard marks had been worth about £300 million.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

If they (the French) gave us a milliard more (£40,000,000) we might perhaps let them have Metz.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)] Reference

On October 15 the official rate was 18.5 milliard and the free market rate into the 40 milliards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

The huge sum sunk in these enterprises is estimated at a milliard, four-fifths of which was French money.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 3] Reference

From this we promise ourselves a yearly increase of about a milliard pounds sterling in our Freeland income.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freeland A Social Anticipation] Reference

TechCrunch en français » Un milliard de morceaux dîjà îcoutîs en stream sur le nouveau MySpaceMusic.    From Wordnik.com.  [MySpace Music Puts The Industry On The Right Track] Reference

Government expenditure over the same period, on the other hand, had come to 1,173 milliard marks, or about £40 million.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

On October .10 the pound stood officially at 7 milliard marks - but on the free market one could get 18 milliard for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

In July alone the State could only meet its liabilities to its employees of 150 milliard kronen by paying in instalments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

From the year 1892-1905 in Prussia alone an increase of national wealth of about 2 milliard marks annually has taken place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Germany and the Next War] Reference

At Coblenz 300 milliard marks were needed immediately for the weekend payments so that riots and bloodshed could be avoided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

Down to the month of May, 1921, two and a half milliard francs was the maximum sum allotted to Belgium by the Supreme Council.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inside Story of the Peace Conference] Reference

Although the public is buying bread at a high price, that price represents a loss to the Government of about a milliard a year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Consequences of the Peace] Reference

An extraordinary amount of paper money had been needed in June, causing the Reichsbank to issue 11,300 milliard marks in new notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Dailies] Reference

In fact, the total value of the productions of the 7,500,000 producers during the last year was nearly seven milliard pounds sterling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freeland A Social Anticipation] Reference