Billion

1.

One thousand million (1,000,000,000 or 10⁹).

For example:

EUR 456 billion = EUR 456,000,000,000.

Often abbreviated to 'bn' or 'Bn'. For example EUR 456bn.

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 most practical purposes - defunct.

See also

• Milliard
• Quadrillion
• Trillion