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

After Friendship is indie horror flick Clown in a Cornfield with $1.3 mil. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 May 2025

That cool mil will be closer to $650K. That is still life-changing money, provided it’s managed right. —Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025

Breakdown of tax revenue from online casino and sports gambling in six states ONLINE CASINO GAMING ONLINE SPORTS GAMBLING TOTAL TAX REVENUE | | | West Virginia 86% 14% $35 mil. —Ben Blatt, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025

According to Deadline, Sinners pulled in $45 million, which placed it above Minecraft’s $41 mil. —Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 Apr. 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