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A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch (0.0254 mm). Cf. mill, n.8 See also circular mil n. at circular, adj. n.compounds 1.
A thousand; esp. a thousand pounds sterling; a thousandth of an inch; (U.S.) a thousand dollars. Also in other senses: see quots.