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One thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000 or 10¹²), for example EUR 123 trillion = EUR 123,000,000,000,000. Sometimes abbreviated to 'trn' or 'tn'.

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Historically in the UK and some other countries, 'trillion' used to refer mathematically to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (or 10¹⁸).

This historical usage never became established in finance, and is now defunct for practical finance purposes.

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-#One thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000 or 10<sup>12</sup>), for example EUR 123 trillion = EUR 123,000,000,000,000. Sometimes abbreviated to 'trn' or 'tn'.
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-#Historically in the UK and some other countries, 'trillion' used to refer mathematically to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (or 10<sup>18</sup>). This historical usage never became established in finance, and is now defunct for practical finance purposes.
+One thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000 or 10<sup>12</sup>), for example EUR 123 trillion = EUR 123,000,000,000,000. Sometimes abbreviated to 'trn' or 'tn'.
+.
+Historically in the UK and some other countries, 'trillion' used to refer mathematically to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (or 10<sup>18</sup>).
+This historical usage never became established in finance, and is now defunct for practical finance purposes.
 ==See also==
 * [[Billion]]