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Definition of Million

1. Adjective. (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units.

2. Noun. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.

3. Noun. A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole). "There were millions of flies"

Definition of Million

1. n. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000,000. See the Note under Hundred.

Definition of Million

1. Cardinal numeral. (context: w:Long and short scales long and short scales) The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10⁶. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Million

1. a number [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Million

milliners millinery millines millinet millinets millinewton millinewtons milling milling-in milling around

milling machine milling machines millings milliohm milliohms million (current term) million floating point operations per second million instructions per second millionaire millionaire shortbread

millionairedom millionaires millionairess millionairesses millionary millioned millionerd millionerds millionfold millionnaire

Literary usage of Million

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Postage Stamps to the value of £109.3 million were sold in 1962-63 compared with £108-6 million In 1961-62. 192-9 million Family Allowances to the value of ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1908 the bank notes in circulation aggregated a sum of 1200 million roubles; ... Its gold reserve in 190S amounted to 1200 million roubles, ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"... one million and not exceeding ten million dollars when it obtains a certificate of authority to do local business to pay a fee of one thousand dollars. ..."

4. The Journal of Geography (1915)
"It is found, for example, that the people of the United States may be fed readily by home-produced foodstuffs, the vast area of 3 2/3 million square miles ..."

5. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: 2005 Review by International Energy Agency (2005)
"In 2003, a special CHF 45 million biomass promotion programme - which was ... In sum, overall federal spending dwindled from CHF 74.5 million in 2001 to CHF ..."

6. Report (1904)
"The lumber production of the Huron shore, from Saginaw bay to Al- pena, is estimated at 12000 million feet; the Cheboygan district about 3500 million feet; ..."

7. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1908)
"On November 30, 1904. this Board consented to the issuance by the New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company of a mortgage for twelve million dollars ..."

8. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"On November 27, the Israeli Ministry of Defense returned $8.17 million to the ... This was $3.03 million less than the Israelis had paid to the Ministry of ..."

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