What is the difference between a British Million and a US million?

Question

What is the difference between a British Million and a US million?

Answer 1

a million is a million for both a 1 then six 0,

A billion in america is a 1 then nine 0, this has come to be the case in england as well, but here it used to be called a thousand million whilst a a billion would have been a million million or a 1 then twelve 0.

Answer 2

They`re both the same unless you`re talking about money. Eg the difference between a million pounds and a million dollars.

Answer 3

There is no difference between a British and an American million. They are both 1,000,000.

There used to be a difference between a British and an American billion, though. The British billion was a million millions whereas the American one is and was a thousand million, thus:

(UK) 1,000,000,000,000

(US) 1,000,000,000

The British billion hs virtually died out and you can now assume in any current text that the word "billion" refers to the American value.