Standard dictionary numbers
Name | Short scale (U.S., Canada and modern British) |
Long scale (continental Europe, older British) |
Authorities | ||||||||
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AHD4[1] | CED[2] | COD[3] | OED2[4] | OEDnew[5] | RHD2[6] | SOED3[7] | W3[8] | UM[9] | |||
Million | 106 | 106 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Milliard | 109 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Billion | 109 | 1012 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Trillion | 1012 | 1018 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quadrillion | 1015 | 1024 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Quintillion | 1018 | 1030 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Sextillion | 1021 | 1036 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Septillion | 1024 | 1042 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Octillion | 1027 | 1048 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Nonillion | 1030 | 1054 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Decillion | 1033 | 1060 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Undecillion | 1036 | 1066 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Duodecillion | 1039 | 1072 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Tredecillion | 1042 | 1078 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Quattuordecillion | 1045 | 1084 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Quindecillion (Quinquadecillion) | 1048 | 1090 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Sexdecillion (Sedecillion) | 1051 | 1096 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Septendecillion | 1054 | 10102 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Octodecillion | 1057 | 10108 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Novemdecillion (Novendecillion) | 1060 | 10114 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Vigintillion | 1063 | 10120 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Centillion | 10303 | 10600 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |