Used in a Sentence

mille

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mille.

Editorial note

MM = mille mille = thousand thousand = 10^6, with roots in finance culture.

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Quick take

(dated) Alternative spelling of mill. [A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mille gathered in one view.

noun

(dated) Alternative spelling of mill. [A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mille.

noun

(dated) Alternative spelling of mill. [A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)]

Example sentences

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MM = mille mille = thousand thousand = 10^6, with roots in finance culture.

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CPM = Cost per mille (thousand), not cost per million - in case anyone was wondering.

3

That's why many pastry shops choose to buy frozen chocolate eclairs and mille-feuilles and sell it like they made it themselves.

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Til 2002, cost per thousand impression (CPI) and cost per mille (CPM) where most used.

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The last mille is the easy and the 909% (yep, 909%, not a typo!) is the hard, in opposite to normal development.

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The average from 2008 until now has been $0.62 RPM (revenue per mille/thousand views).

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This is often summarized as RPM (revenue per mille) or eRPM (effective RPM), i.e.

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Actually, the article (correctly) expanded the acronym as cost-per-mille (note the 2 L's).

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I will certainly be trying out your project---and mille mercis for putting in the effort of getting it into Debian Jessie.

10

This is just a bot regurgitating all the mille stereotypes.

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Pretty standard for anyone who follows anything about advertising: - CPC = Cost Per Click - RPM = Revenue Per Mille (revenue per thousand impressions) Both the C and R are sometimes used interchangeably - e.g.

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I absolutely think that publicly calling for somebody's murder should be punished, especially if it is part of a sustained campaign, or targets a large group (hence my bringing the Rwanda example earlier - I was thinking about Radio Mille Collines in particular [1]).

Quote examples

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I always presumed "mm" was an abbreviation for "mille mille", which is Italian for a thousand thousand.

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Pendant plus de mille pages – Jean-Pierre Dufreigne, L'Express Translation: 'It' works because "It" scares.

3

Etymylogically, "million" derives via French from Italian "milione", the augmentative of "mille", thus a thousand thousand (MM).

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But it's been used to mean "million" by way of "thousand x thousand." It's possible the M's in the financial notation system are not actually Roman numerals, so much as abbreviations of the word "mille" (or some equivalent thereof).

Proper noun examples

1

CPM means Cost Per Mille, while CPV means Cost Per View.

2

Also used in advertising - CPM, Cost Per Mille, ie.

3

Huge amounts of ethnographic records, lots of European good electronic music (Mille plateaux etc), thousands of vintage country artists and somehow even merzbow and his massive box set.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mille in a sentence?

MM = mille mille = thousand thousand = 10^6, with roots in finance culture.

What does mille mean?

(dated) Alternative spelling of mill. [A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)]

What part of speech is mille?

mille is commonly used as noun.