mil

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noun (1)

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: thousand
found a salinity of 38.4 per mil
2
: a monetary unit formerly used in Cyprus equal to ¹/₁₀₀₀ pound
3
: a unit of length equal to ¹/₁₀₀₀ inch used especially in measuring thickness (as of plastic films)
4
: a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹/₆₄₀₀ of 360 degrees and used especially in artillery

mil

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noun (2)

variants or
plural mil or mill
slang
: a million dollars

mil

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abbreviation

military

Examples of mil in a Sentence

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Noun
The Voice this Tuesday drew 5.2 mil and a 0.5; leading out of that, The Irrational‘s sophomore premiere retained 3.1 mil and a 0.3 — down a few eyeballs but steady in the demo vs. its Season 1 averages. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024 Three freshman shows just barely got boxed out of Premiere Week’s Top 10: ABC’s Doctor Odyssey (4.1 mil), NBC’s Brilliant Minds (3.9 mil) and ABC’s High Potential (3.7 mil). Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024 Leading out of that, Brilliant Minds debuted to 3.9 mil and a 0.3 — on par with what The Irrational did in the time slot a year ago. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2024 Fox News Media as a whole, with Fox proper (4.74 mil), Fox Business (287K), FoxNews.com and Fox Nation all folded in, accounted for nearly 14 million viewers. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mil 

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Latin mille thousand

Noun (2)

short for million

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

circa 1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mil was in 1872

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Cite this Entry

“Mil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mil. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

mil

adjective
ˈmil
: a unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ inch (about .025 millimeter) used especially in measuring thickness
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