Meaning & use
multimillion
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
Adding up to several million, usually of a currency such as dollars or pounds.
Grammar: Almost always forms a hyphenated compound before a noun like deal, dollar, or company: a multimillion-dollar deal.
Patterns
- multimillion-dollar deal
- multimillion-dollar company
- multimillion-pound contract
- multimillion-dollar lawsuit
The startup signed a multimillion-dollar contract with a supermarket chain.
The studio faces a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over the film's copyright.
Her multimillion-pound business started as a stall at a farmers' market.
Common combinations
- multimillion-dollar deal
- The two firms announced a multimillion-dollar deal at the trade fair.
- multimillion-dollar lawsuit
- The actor filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the newspaper.
- multimillion-pound company
- What began in a garage is now a multimillion-pound company.
Word family
- million noun
- The number 1,000,000.
- millionaire noun
- A person whose money and property are worth at least a million.
Commonly confused: multimillion or multimillionaire?
multimillion vs multimillionaire
A multimillionaire is a person worth several million; multimillion always describes an amount or a thing, as in a multimillion-dollar deal.
Practice
Choose the natural sentence.
Choose one answer.
The compound is written multimillion-dollar with a hyphen and a singular dollar. 'Multimillion dollars' mixes the forms, 'multimillionaire' refers to a person, and 'multilateral' means many-sided, not worth millions.
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