centimillion

centimillion
   a word sometimes used to mean 100 million (108).
   This usage applies the traditional Latin prefix cent-, meaning 100, but itconflicts with the metric prefix centi-, which means 1/100. In metric language,the number 100 million could be called a hectomillion or (at least in theU.S.) a decibillion.

Dictionary of units of measurement. 2015.

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