Million

/ˈmɪljən/

Meaning & Definition

noun

The number equal to 1,000,000; one thousand thousand.

The company's revenue exceeded one million dollars last year.

A large number of something; used informally to denote a large quantity.

There are a million reasons to be cheerful.

In finance or business, often used to describe large sums of money.

He won a million in the lottery.

From Middle French 'million', from Italian 'milione', meaning 'a thousand thousand'.

a million times

to an extremely large degree.

million-dollar question

a very important or difficult question.

million to one

indicative of very slim odds or chances.

billion

A number equal to 1,000 million or 1,000,000,000.

trillion

A number equal to 1,000 billion or 1,000,000,000,000.

decamillion

A cardinal number equal to 10 million.

A million bucks

I feel like a million bucks in this suit.

Millionaire

He became a millionaire by investing early in companies.