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

3 of 3

abbreviation

military

Examples of mil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The Americas‘ two-hour premiere averaged 4.7 mil and a 0.4. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025

Or share a mil hojas ($10), a dessert with layers of crispy pastry and cream plus fruity flavors. —Alex Golden, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025

The Masked Singer opened Season 12 with 3.1 mil and a 0.4, on par with its previous averages. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025

Britton's projection 3 years, $48 million Best fits MIL, STL, TB 3 year fWAR RHP SP 32 Kirby Yates 1 year $13 mil Profile Age 38 Position RHP, RP Last team Texas Rangers Innings pitched 61 2/3 ERA+ 340 In his 20s, Yates was a fringe Major League reliever who’d gone undrafted out of college. —Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 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

Rhymes for mil

• bill
• brill
• chill
• drill
• fil
• fill
• frill
• gill
• grill
• grille
• jill
• kill

Kids Definition

mil

adjective

ˈmil

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