mil

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noun (1)

ˈmil 

1

: 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 mill

plural mil or mill

slang

: a million dollars

mil

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abbreviation

military

Examples of mil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The Flyers have a minor league goalie with a $5 mil cap hit that ends after the season, Ristolainen has a roughly $5 mil cap hit as well. —Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025

Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares returned to 1.6 mil, followed by the Doc series premiere’s 2.2 mil. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Jan. 2025

Not everybody’s going to sell a podcast for a $100 mil because not everybody’s going to get an ROI. —Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025

Its midseason premiere, leading out Shifting Gears’ boffo launch, drew 3.8 mil and 0.7 in Live+Same Day ratings, easily marking the elementary school series’ best numbers of the season. —Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Jan. 2025

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

Kids Definition

mil

adjective

ˈmil

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