In Britain we used to refer to the short scale billion as a milliard, but this term has now largely fallen out of use. ... A short scale billion written out in digits is 1,000,000,000.

Zimbabwe prints a Z$100 billion banknote. Try for free. Enterprise. Log in Menu. Skip to content. ... What comes after a milliard? Zimbabwe prints a Z$100 billion banknote. Jul 24th 2008. Share.