How are the British names for large numbers different from the American names?

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1,000,000,000 = billion in America, thousand million in England.
1,000,000,000,000 = trillion in America, billion in England.
1,000,000,000,000,000 = quadrillion in America, thousand billion in England.
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = quintillion in America, trillion in England.

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