Topic: CURRENCIES
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| Origin: | Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, from Latin mola 'mill, millstone' |
| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | mille 'thousand' |
| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | million |
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mill1 W3
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[countable]1TEM a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour
grain
2TIF a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, or steel
cotton/cloth/steel
4 to go through a time when you experience a lot of difficulties and problems : He's really been through the mill recently.
go through the mill
He's really been through the mill recently.5 to make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test them : It was a three day course and they really put us through the mill.
put somebody through the mill
It was a three day course and they really put us through the mill.6 a unit of money equal to 1/10 of a cent, used in setting taxes and for other financial purposes
money
American EnglishPEC7 a million : Are you saying they paid a quarter of a mill for that house?
million
spokenAre you saying they paid a quarter of a mill for that house? ➔ run-of-the-mill
