mil

1 of 3

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

2 of 3

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

Chainsaw Man came in at number 3 with $6 million, followed by Kpop Demon Hunters with $5.3 mil, and Bugonia with $4.8 million in its first week going wide. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025

That all makes a mil sound like a bargain. —Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025

The other sold for a half-mil-plus as well. —Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

The laminator’s capacity refers to the gauge or thickness of the plastic film, measured in mils, that the laminator is able to handle. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 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