Yard

Yard

Slang for one billion units in currency.

Notes:

The term also refers to "milliard," which is a European term for 1,000 million (a billion).

If a person wanted to buy one billion U.S. dollars, he or she might say, "I would like to buy a yard of U.S. dollars." By using the word "yard" in place of "billion," the person ensures that the counter-party will not misunderstand billion for "million" or "trillion."

See also: Currency, Exchange Rate, Forex, Money, Repatriation

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Yard

Slang for one billion currency units. Used particularly in currency trading, e.g., for Japanese yen since one billion yen equals approximately US$10 million. It is clearer to say, "I'm a buyer of a yard of yen," than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen," which could be misheard as "I'm a buyer of a million yen."