Definition: 1. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros. 2. (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units.
Use 'million' in a sentence:
1. Five million dollars has been appropriated for research into the disease.
2. The company grossed $16.8 million last year.
3. The hospital will cost an estimated £ 2 million to build.
4. He reputedly earns two million dollars a year.
5. Gross sales reached nearly $2 million a year.
6. I still have a million things to do.
7. Last year it made $2.5 million pretax.
8. The company had a turnover of $3.8 million.
9. Jamaica is home to over two million people.
10. The deal is estimated to be worth around$ 1.5 million.
11. The directors sold the business for $14.8 million.
12. The film is only budgeted at $10 million.
13. The movie raked in more than $300 million.
14. Over 16 million men had died in combat.
15. Unemployment has passed the four million mark.
16. Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark.
17. The satellite will cost an estimated £ 400 million.
18. The newspaper has sales of 1.72 million.
19. Millions of people followed the trial on TV.
20. The government yesterday announced to the media plans to create a million new jobs.
21. We start the current fiscal year$ 30 million in the hole.
22. Unfilled positions number several million countrywide.
23. The project needs to raise £ 8 million in sponsorship.
24. A million is written with six noughts.
25. What would you do if you won a million pounds?
26. He believes the figure should be more like$ 10 million.
27. A more realistic figure is 11 million.
28. The government has poured millions into the education system.
29. The total budget went up almost $300 million.
30. My whole world shattered into a million pieces.
31. The company has announced net losses of$ 1.5 million.
32. They pay him around $2 million net.
33. He's a man in a million.
34. Last year the company returned a loss of £ 157 million.
35. The government has announced plans to create one million new training places.
36. She wished herself a million miles away.
37. Estimations of our total world sales are around 50 million.
38. The company rang up sales of$ 166 million last year.
39. I'd never have thought of that in a million years.
40. Her work has given pleasure to millions of readers.
41. The report reveals the company made a loss of £ 20 million last year.
42. Nigeria has a population of nearly 100 million.
43. The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.
44. South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.
45. South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago.
46. The government provided an additional £ 25 million to expand the service.
47. The government is trying to save £ 1 million on defence.
48. The earthquake caused damage to property estimated at$ 6 million.
49. He has a personal net worth of$ 10 million.
50. Its research budget exceeds $700 million a year.
51. The damage to the building is put at over$ 1 million.
