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Britain and Australia traditionally used the European version, but have recently largely switched to the U.S. usage.


In Canadian and U.S. american usage, one trillion equals 1,000,000,000,000, or 1012, or one million millions. An american trillion equals a european billion.

In Europe, one trillion equals 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 1018, or one million million millions. A European trillion equals an American quintillion?.

Britain and Australia traditionally used the European version, but have recently largely switched to the U.S. usage.

See also: number names


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