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<p>[QUOTE="daveydempsey, post: 2924360, member: 29458"]It is easier to understand because the definition of a billion changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>In British English, a billion used to be equivalent to a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000), while in American English it has always equated to a thousand million (i.e. 1,000,000,000). British English has now adopted the American figure, though, so that a billion equals a thousand million in both varieties of English.</p><p>The same sort of change has taken place with the meaning of <i>trillion</i>. In British English, a <i>trillion</i> used to mean a million million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000). Nowadays, it's generally held to be equivalent to a million million (1,000,000,000,000), as it is in American English.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="daveydempsey, post: 2924360, member: 29458"]It is easier to understand because the definition of a billion changed. In British English, a billion used to be equivalent to a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000), while in American English it has always equated to a thousand million (i.e. 1,000,000,000). British English has now adopted the American figure, though, so that a billion equals a thousand million in both varieties of English. The same sort of change has taken place with the meaning of [I]trillion[/I]. In British English, a [I]trillion[/I] used to mean a million million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000). Nowadays, it's generally held to be equivalent to a million million (1,000,000,000,000), as it is in American English.[/QUOTE]
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