Yard > define

• (n.) A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
• (v.i.) A branch; a twig.
• (n.) An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
• (n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
• (v.i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
• (v.i.) The penis.
• (v.t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
• (v.i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
• (v.i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.
• (v.i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.

noun

• A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91. 44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride.
  • synonyms: pace
• The enclosed land around a house or other building.
  • usage: "it was a small house with almost no yard"
  • synonyms: grounds, curtilage
• A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings. )
  • usage: "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
• The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
  • synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou
• A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel.
  • synonyms: cubic yard
• A tract of land where logs are accumulated.
• An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines.
  • synonyms: railway yard, railyard
• A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen.
• An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock. ).

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.".