شرح: American - billion = 10 to the power of 9 (1,000,000,000).
British - milliard = 10 to the power of 9 (1,000,000,000).
British - billion = 10 to the power of 12 (1,000,000,000,000).
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French - billion = a million million (bi - the power of 2 + million)