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Often abbreviated to 'bn' or 'Bn'. For example EUR | Often abbreviated to 'bn' or 'Bn'. For example EUR 123bn. | ||
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1.
One thousand million (1,000,000,000 or 109).
For example
EUR 123 billion = EUR 123,000,000,000.
Often abbreviated to 'bn' or 'Bn'. For example EUR 123bn.
2.
Historically in the UK and some other countries, 'billion' used to refer mathematically to 1,000,000,000,000 (or 1012).
This historical usage never became well-established in finance, and is now - for practical purposes - defunct.
