/mil"yeuhn/ , n. , pl. millions , ( as after a numeral ) million , adj.
n.
1. a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
2. a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or M.
3. millions , a number between 1,000,000 and 999,999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: His fortune was in the millions of dollars.
4. the amount of a thousand thousand units of money, as pounds, dollars, or francs: The three Dutch paintings fetched a million.
5. a very great number of times: Thanks a million.
6. the million or the millions , the mass of the common people; the multitude: poetry for the millions.
adj.
7. amounting to one million in number.
8. amounting to a very great number: a million things to do.
[ 1350-1400; ME milioun millione, equiv. to mille thousand ( -one aug. suffix ]