mil·lion (mĭl'yən)
n., pl., million, or -lions.

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

[Middle English, from Old French milion, probably from Old Italian milione, augmentative of mille, thousand, from Latin mīlle.]

million mil'lion adj.

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