Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 06.12.2022 23:56

  ak>>  BTW, there is no word "milliard" in the British Longman
  ak>>  dictionary.
  AH>             It's listed in my CANADIAN OXFORD DICTIONARY, which
  AH> was meant for international use.  But things are changing
  AH> quickly in the UK nowadays.  :-Q

I looked, for instance, in Longman on-line.
https://www.ldoceonline.com/spellcheck/english/?q=milliard

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
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