Definition of: million

(mil′yən) noun
1. The cardinal number equivalent to ten hundred thousand or to a thousand thousand, or the symbols (1,000, 000) representing it; ten to the sixth power.
2. Elliptically, a thousand thousand of the ordinary units of account, as dollars, francs, or pounds: He is worth a million.
3. An indefinitely great number.
—the million The common people. [<OF <Ital. millione (now milione), aug. of mille thousand]