mil1
/mɪl
/abbreviation informal
1Millimetres.Use barriers made of flexible polyethylene 30 to 40 millimeters thick (60 mil for very aggressive types) and 22 to 28 inches deep.
2Millilitres.
3(Used in sums of money) millions: the insurance company coughed up five mil...
- To varying degrees the Marlins, Dodgers, Mets, and Orioles chased him, but it was the Angels who came away with the prize, signing Guerrero for five years and $70 million, an average of $14 mil per year.
- He already has cashed a $6.5 mil bonus check, and he is scheduled to make $24.5 mil over the next five years (which will seem like 10 to a Lions fan).
- Jeter signed a 10-year contract worth $18.9 million annually, so that $18.9 mil figure would be included in the MLBPA's calculations.
Rhymes
mil2
/mɪl/noun
One thousandth of an inch: she’s plated in the bows with steel eighteen mil thick...
- TPOs are available in white, light gray, and black with thicknesses of either 45 mils or 60 mils.
- Tape thickness is approximately 1.5 mils and tape path component tolerances are in the 0.0004-inch range.
- Conventional spray and dip coatings go on in microns and mils.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin millesimum 'thousandth', from mille 'thousand'.
MIL3
noun informal
A person’s mother-in-law: I’ve never quite lived up to my MIL’s expectations...
- Your MIL sounds like a first-class manipulator who has decided things are going to be a certain way.
- We seem to be getting into a bit of a routine now that my MIL has moved in.
- I'm sure I mentioned that I was excited that my MIL was coming up here for Memorial Day weekend.
Origin
1960s: abbreviation.
- dictatorialness
- dictatorian
- dictatorily
- dictatoring
- dictator-like
- dictatorship
- dictatory
- dictatress
- dictatrix
- dictature
- diction
- dictionarial
- dictionarian
- dictionarist
- dictionary
- dictionary attack
- dictionary catalog
- dictionary catalogue
- dictionaryless
- dictionary-maker
- dictionary-making
- dictionary-monger
- dictionary order
- dictionary-proof
- dictionary word