million: Meaning and Definition of

mil•lion

1. a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
2. a symbol for this number, as 1,000,000 or &Mmacr;.
3. 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. orthe mass of the common people; the multitude: poetry for the millions.

1. amounting to one million in number.
2. amounting to a very great number: a million things to do.