Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

ak>  BTW, there is no word "milliard" in the British Longman
ak>  dictionary.

AH>  It's listed in my CANADIAN OXFORD DICTIONARY, which was 
AH>  meant for international use.  But things are changing
AH>  quickly in the UK nowadays.  :-Q

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


          Hmm.  I see your point.  The Oxford & Cambridge dictionaries include it, as does Collins... the latter says it is no longer in technical use.

          I'm reminded here of the days when the OED politely ignored what was going on in the colonies, but I'm not sure what to make of this omission.  :-)




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