yard
n.— «In broker speak, a bank might ask for a “yard”—one billion in a designated currency.» —“To hide desperation for cash, banks may be falsifying interest rate reports” by Carrick Mollenkamp Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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