[mɪl], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- millimetres

- millilitres

- (used in sums of money) millions
(e.g: the insurance company coughed up five mil)


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Origin:

[mɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- one thousandth of an inch
(e.g: she's plated in the bows with steel eighteen mil thick)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: from Latin millesimum ‘thousandth’, from mille ‘thousand’

[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person's mother-in-law
(e.g: I've never quite lived up to my MIL's expectations)


Phrases:

Origin:
1960s: abbreviation