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multimillions en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English millions English multimillions From multi- + millions.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Multiple millions.
    • Like Buckley, she came from an extremely social family worth multimillions of dollars: The Taylors of Vancouver could match bank accounts with the Buckleys of Connecticut any day. 1966, Look, volume 31, page 114:
    • This is a lame duck administration, and if it is going to pass out political favors worth multimillions of dollars per year, it must move. 1968 October 3, Congressional Record, page 29513, column 2:
    • I recommended a research project on one of the best river systems in North America today as far as salmon is concerned, this is the Gander Lake tributary and river system, a system worth multimillions of dollars, where the salmon population has been dropping off tremendously and the Department came back and said, “We know nothing about it, but we do not have any money”. 1969, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Forestry, Parliament of Canada, page 13-23:

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