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veg
2007 November 5th, 17:20
...or does 1,000,000,000,000 = 1 Billion
Pounds, Euros or Dollars?.
Terfyn
2007 November 5th, 17:23
Yes. If you are American.
tcindie
2007 November 5th, 17:28
9 zeros is billion, 12 zeros is trillion. ;)
Rikki
2007 November 5th, 17:56
Depends if you are Seagate in a class action suit :D
Worley
2007 November 6th, 03:58
British Billion = 1 million millions (12 zeros); US billion = 1 thousand millions.

Listen to any Chancellor of the Exchequer, and they avoid using the term 'billion' but will instead say "10 million millions extra spent/raised/squandered..."

Here is the answer from Ask Oxford (http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/billion?view=uk).
veg
2007 November 6th, 06:27
So if a Brit and an American were doing a 'Billion dollar deal' they could each be talking about quite different figures by a factor of thousands of millions!?
Worley
2007 November 6th, 06:41
They could, but most people use billion to mean one thousand million.

I am not one of those "most people".
3cmosHV50
2007 December 2nd, 12:43
Can someone loan me a billion?
British or American ,
I don't care, see I'm really flexible..
Ian-T
2007 December 2nd, 12:46
Can someone loan me a billion?
British or American ,
I don't care, see I'm really flexible..
LOL.... :hv20-smilie79:
ON AIR
2007 December 2nd, 13:47
:hv20-smilie55:Yes when it comes to free money who cares between Dollar billions, Pound Sterling, or Euros. As long as we get the money. :)