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Definition of "million" []

  • The cardinal number equal to 106. (noun)
  • A million monetary units, such as dollars: made a million in the stock market. (noun)
  • An indefinitely large number. Often used in the plural: millions of bicycles on the road. (noun)
  • The common people; the masses. Often used in the plural: entertainment for the millions. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "million" in a sentence
  • "The film now sits with $156 million domestic and $325 million worldwide on a $170 million+ $100 million or more in marketing."
  • "Tracking had the film opening as low as $30 million, which for the allegedly $200 million+ production would have been a disaster."
  • "All swaps and security-based swaps must be reported, regardless of how they are executed, with trades over $250 million posted as " $250 million+ " — whether they are $260 million or $3 billion."