cardinal number
(pl. millions or (with numeral or quantifying word) same)
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(a/one million)
the number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a thousand; 1,000,000 or 106.
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(also millions)
informal a very large number or amount.
Derivative
- millionfold adj. & adv.
- millionth ordinal number.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., prob. from Ital. milione, from mille ‘thousand’ + the augmentative suffix -one.